= OSX 10.4 instructions = a) http://pythonmac.org/packages/py24-fat/dmg/Universal-MacPython-2.4.3-2006-04-07.dmg b) http://pythonmac.org/packages/py24-fat/mpkg/numpy-0.9.8-py2.4-macosx10.4.mpkg.zip c) http://pythonmac.org/packages/py24-fat/mpkg/matplotlib-0.87.4-py2.4-macosx10.4.mpkg.zip After the GUI install, edit (as root or sudo) /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ma tplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc Replace "WxAgg" with "TkAgg" Alternatively you could download: http://pythonmac.org/packages/py24-fat/dmg/wxPython2.6-osx-unicode-2.6.3.3-universal10.4-py2.4.dmg d) http://ipython.scipy.org/dist/ipython-0.7.2.tar.gz Re-login to get the new system configuration (or just start a new xterm). Othewise the old version of python is used. {{{ tar zxf ipython-0.7.2.tar.gz cd ipython-0.7.2 sudo python setup.py install }}} e) run {{{ ipython -pylab }}} to see if everything is working. This will generate font warnings - ignore these. Exit ipython ( control-d ). f) http://www.atnf.csiro.au/pub/software/asap/2.1/asap-2.1.0b-osx_ppc.tar.bz2 {{{ tar jxf asap-2.1.0b-osx_ppc.tar.bz2 cd asap-2.1.0b-osx_ppc sudo ./install }}}