[BioPython] Advice on installing python2.3 on Mac

[Jeffrey Chang]

On Dec 18, 2003, at 9:10 AM, Brad Chapman wrote:

>> I need to re-install python on my mac 10.2.8
>>
>> Should I install the mac-python binary?  Will this give me access to 
>> the
>> gui/graphics on the mac(Tk,wx etc...) ?
>> I can try to use fink and install it as well or just try to do it by 
>> hand
>
> I have limited experience on Macs  -- just last year at the Singapore
> Hackathon (advertisement for Apple Singapore provided free of
> charge :-) -- but I found fink to be very easy to use for
> installation and maintenance of applications and libraries. That
> would be my recommended route.

fink has worked beautifully for me on OS X.  Another alternative if you 
are going the prepackaged route is Darwinports.  It comes with a 
Biopython port that will also install all the dependencies.  However, 
I've not tried to use it yet.

Jeff