OSX 10.4 instructions

These instructions are valid for both intel and powerpc based Macs.

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)

• popwerpc http://www.atnf.csiro.au/pub/software/asap/2.1/asap-2.1.0b2-osx_ppc.tar.bz2

     tar jxf asap-2.1.0b2-osx_ppc.tar.bz2
     cd asap-2.1.0b2-osx_ppc
     sudo ./install
  

• intel http://www.atnf.csiro.au/pub/software/asap/2.1/asap-2.1.0b2-osx_x86.tar.bz2

     tar jxf asap-2.1.0b2-osx_x86.tar.bz2
     cd asap-2.1.0b2-osx_x86
     sudo ./install