| 1 | Building a MacPython distribution
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| 2 | =================================
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| 3 |
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| 4 | The ``build-install.py`` script creates MacPython distributions, including
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| 5 | sleepycat db4, sqlite3 and readline support. It builds a complete
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| 6 | framework-based Python out-of-tree, installs it in a funny place with
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| 7 | $DESTROOT, massages that installation to remove .pyc files and such, creates
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| 8 | an Installer package from the installation plus other files in ``resources``
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| 9 | and ``scripts`` and placed that on a ``.dmg`` disk image.
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| 10 |
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| 11 | Prerequisites
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| 12 | -------------
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| 13 |
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| 14 | * A MacOS X 10.4 (or later)
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| 15 |
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| 16 | * XCode 2.2 (or later), with the universal SDK
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| 17 |
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| 18 | * No Fink (in ``/sw``) or DarwinPorts (in ``/opt/local``), those could
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| 19 | interfere with the build.
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| 20 |
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| 21 | * The documentation for the release must be available on python.org
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| 22 | because it is included in the installer.
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| 23 |
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| 24 |
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| 25 | The Recipe
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| 26 | ----------
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| 27 |
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| 28 | Here are the steps you need to follow to build a MacPython installer:
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| 29 |
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| 30 | * Run ``./build-installer.py``. Optionally you can pass a number of arguments
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| 31 | to specify locations of various files. Please see the top of
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| 32 | ``build-installer.py`` for its usage.
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| 33 |
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| 34 | Running this script takes some time, I will not only build Python itself
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| 35 | but also some 3th-party libraries that are needed for extensions.
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| 36 |
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| 37 | * When done the script will tell you where the DMG image is (by default
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| 38 | somewhere in ``/tmp/_py``).
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| 39 |
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| 40 | Testing
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| 41 | -------
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| 42 |
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| 43 | The resulting binaries should work on MacOSX 10.3.9 or later. I usually run
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| 44 | the installer on a 10.3.9, a 10.4.x PPC and a 10.4.x Intel system and then
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| 45 | run the testsuite to make sure.
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| 46 |
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| 47 |
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| 48 | Announcements
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| 49 | -------------
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| 50 |
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| 51 | (This is mostly of historic interest)
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| 52 |
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| 53 | When all is done, announcements can be posted to at least the following
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| 54 | places:
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| 55 | - [email protected]
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| 56 | - [email protected]
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| 57 | - [email protected]
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| 58 | - [email protected]
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| 59 | - [email protected]
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| 60 | - [email protected]
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| 61 | - http://www.macupdate.com
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| 62 | - http://guide.apple.com/usindex.lasso
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| 63 | - http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/submit
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| 64 | - http://www.versiontracker.com/ (userid [email protected])
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| 65 | - http://www.macshareware.net (userid jackjansen)
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| 66 |
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| 67 | Also, check out Stephan Deibels http://pythonology.org/market contact list
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