[Numpy-discussion] install numpy 1.6.2 .dmg on macosx 10.7, check for python 2.7

[Robert Kern]

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 12:52 PM, denis <denis-bz-gg@t-online.de> wrote:
> Trying to install numpy 1.6.2 on a mac osx 10.7.4 from this .dmg
>     9323135 numpy-1.6.2-py2.7-python.org-macosx10.3.dmg
> gives
>     "numpy 1.6.2 can't be installed on this disk.
>     numpy requires python.org Python 2.7 to install."
>
> But python 2.7.3 *is* installed from python.org
>     18761950 python-2.7.3-macosx10.6.dmg
>     and /usr/bin/python is linked as described in
>     http://wolfpaulus.com/journal/mac/installing_python_osx

Ouch! I'm sorry, but these are wildly *dangerous* instructions. Please
disregard them. The author is reckless.

You can't undo the damage without reinstalling OS X, but there is a
good chance you will not run into the parts of OS X that depended on
the /System Python being unmolested. However, you do need to reinstall
the python.org Python framework again. Just don't mv it from where it
gets installed. Then the numpy-1.6.2-py2.7-python.org-macosx10.3.dmg
will recognize it.

--
Robert Kern