These are packages for the python from python.org, not the apple provided python. These packages work with OSX 10.3.9 upwards. Pygame-1.9.1release-python.org-32bit-py2.7-macosx10.3.dmg 12MB. I’m imagining that you want to install Python 3.X, since Python 2.X comes preinstalled with Mac. The simplest way to install Python 3.X, simply head on to Welcome to Python.org, under the Downloads tab, click on the version starting with Python 3.X.X.It’ll download the.pkg package.
Workshop Preparation 1) Introduction We'll be using Python in the workshop, and it'll save lots of time if, before arriving at the workshop, everyone has this installed and is familiar how to open, edit, and run a script (which is just a text file) using Python. Furthermore, we'll be using IDLE, Python's own IDE (Integrated Development Environment) — combined source code editor and Python interpreter GUI. The workshop does not rely on any of its specific features, but it makes working with Python on Windows much easier and provides a multi-platform basis for examples.
2) Create a Folder for Workshop Files No significant storage resources will be required, just a convenient place to browse, download files, create text files, etc. For example, C: Documents and Settings MY_USERNAME My Documents workshop (Windows), or ~/workshop (Mac/Linux). This is referred to generically as WORKSHOP below. 3) Install Python (and IDLE) There's a new major release of Python out, version 3. We are not using this — we're using version 2.
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Windows Python and IDLE are not installed by default. • Look for the Windows downloads, choose the one appropriate for your architecture (32-bit or 64-bit). At the time of writing, the choices are: • 32-bit: • 64-bit: If you don't know the system architecture, try running winmsd.exe (in Windows XP) or msinfo32.exe (in Windows 7). Look at System Type and/or Processor. It will look this for 32-bit, or for 64. • Run the installer and click through the prompts.
Default options are usually just fine. This installs IDLE, too, by default.
IDLE (Python GUI) and Python (command line) should now by in your program menu, under Python 2.7, and Python will be associated with.py files. However they're going to need to know about the files we create during the workshop. This is easiest if we start IDLE from the WORKSHOP folder itself. Let's create a Windows script, idle.bat that does that: • Browse to your WORKSHOP directory. • Right-click in the empty space, choose New -> Text Document, name it idle.bat (accept the warning about file extensions). • Edit the file by right-clicking and choosing Edit. • Enter the single line: C: Python27 Lib idlelib idle.bat • Close the file.
How To Install Python 2.7 On Mac Terminal
You should now be able to double-click idle.bat to open IDLE. Mac Python is installed by default, but IDLE is not (and Python is likely a little old). Follow these instructions for a Mac binary install, or install from source, using the instructions further down the page.

• Look for the Mac download, choose the one appropriate for your architecture (32-bit or 64-bit) and OS X version. If you don't know the system architecture, try running arch or uname -m in Terminal.app.
At the time of writing, the choices are: • 32-bit for Mac OS X 10.3 through 10.6: • 32-bit or 64-bit OS X 10.6: • Run the installer and click through the prompts. Default options are usually just fine. This installs IDLE, too, by default. We're going to want to launch IDLE from within the WORKSHOP directory. This should work by default. Open up Terminal.app from the Applications menu, and type: cd WORKSHOP Where WORKSHOP is replaced by the directory you chose to use for the workshop.