[Qgis-developer] Re: cmake error on OS X 10.6

[Matthew Denno]

Thank so much to both of you for your input.  You both know much more about
this than I do so I shall follow your lead.

I discovered that there is some guidance in the python documentation
regarding uninstalling...and it agrees with Williams advice so I will do it.

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 6:25 PM, John C. Tull <john.tull at wildnevada.org>wrote:

> William knows much more about all of this than I do. With that said, I am a
> significant portion of the testing on OS X, and I have never used
> python.org. I would say dump it if you don't explicitly need it. Also,
> work out getting a build system for qgis that works, then start to tinker if
> you have to do so.
>
> Cheers,
> John
>
> On Sep 17, 2010, at 4:16 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote:
>
> > There are 2 camps on this: system and python.org, though I don't want to
> start a debate about that here ;)  Both are valid, though I prefer the
> system version, and it's also the one most tested with Qgis as far as I
> know.
> >
> > If you want to uninstall python.org, deleting
> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework is a start.  It probably also has added
> something to your PATH in your ~/.bash_profile.  And there also may be
> symlinks and scripts in /usr/local/bin, and maybe some headers or symlinks
> in /usr/local/include.
> >
> > On Sep 17, 2010, at 4:49 PM, Matthew Denno wrote:
> >
> >> John, I guess the only reason was that I wanted to use Idle at one time.
>  I don't care anymore though.  In your opinion would it be better uninstall
> the python.org version?  Will that remove
> \Library\Frameworks\Python.frameworks...?
> >>
> >> I am just trying to figure out how to proceed to get this cleaned up and
> working.
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Sep 17, 2010 5:41 PM, "John C. Tull" <john.tull at wildnevada.org>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Matthew,
> >>>
> >>> Is there a specific reason to use python.org? Generally speaking, it
> seems to prove best on OS X to avoid overriding system provided bins and
> libs when possible.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> John
> >>>
> >>> On Sep 17, 2010, at 1:39 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I think it will default to 32bit.
> >>>>
> >>>> O...
> >
> > -----
> > William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com>
> > http://www.kyngchaos.com/
> >
> > "This is a question about the past, is it? ... How can I tell that the
> past isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my
> immediate physical sensations and my state of mind?"
> >
> > - The Ruler of the Universe
> >
> >
>
>
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