Women in Technology

Article:		Graphical Toolkits for OS X: wxPython
Subject:		OS Confusion
Date:		2007-04-27 15:02:06
From:		jwilcox
I'm confused a bit by what I read in your article and on the wxPython site. I'm running OS 10.4.9, but on a PPC machine. Both your article and the site seem to say that I need to be running on an Intel machine in order to use the 10.4 Universal version. Am I misreading or misinterpreting what I'm seeing? I'd like to try using wxPython, but won't be upgrading to an Intel-based Mac for another several months. Thanks, Jerry

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• OS Confusion
  2007-05-02 02:30:40  Jeremiah Foster | [View]
  
  
  The short answer is yes, it will work on a PPC machine.
  
  The long answer is you need to determine what version of python you are running, then download the appropriate binary for your platform and version of python. I strongly recommend using the binaries already made on the wxPython web site, (http://www.wxpython.org/download.php#binaries) (scroll down past the Windows binaries to find the Mac stuff.)
  
  Use the "Universal" binary for your PPC machine, like Apple says: "When you see the Universal symbol on Mac applications, that means they're made to run on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Mac computers."
  
  Hopefully that will work for you!
  
  Regards,
  
  Jeremiah

• OS Confusion
  2007-04-29 14:01:17  kevin_walzer [View]
  
  
  wxPython 2.8.x runs fine on PPC--it just needs to be used with a universal build of Python, which is a separate installation from the stock Python installed by Apple.