[yt-users] Install Script Upgrade to Python 2.7 - fix for OS X 10.6 compilation

[Emilio Romano-Diaz]

Hi Matt,

Just to let you know that the installation script ran smoothly on my mac!
a quick test (plotting) also gave good results.

Thanks to you and all the yt-team for your help!

cheers,
e


On Mar 16, 2011, at 5:13 PM, Matthew Turk wrote:

> Hi all (Especially Emilio and Peng),
> 
>> From some detective work by Emilio, Peng, Stephen Skory and myself, it
> looks like an upgrade to Python 2.7 fixes the installation issues on
> OSX 10.6.
> 
> I have updated the install_script.sh for the *unstable* branch to use
> Python 2.7, along with an update to Mercurial 1.8.1 and HDF5 1.8.6.
> This new version of the install script also brings with it the
> yt-supplemental repository, which is a clearing house for several
> related repositories, including the documentation, cookbook, and some
> other small scripts.  This is located in $YT_DEST/src/yt-supplemental
> , and it is being documented on a "kickstart" webpage that will act as
> a shorter version of the orientation documentation.
> 
> yt 2.1 will be released relatively soon, and with it the stable
> repository will also move to Python 2.7.
> 
> To get the install script for the development branch:
> 
> $ wget http://hg.enzotools.org/yt/raw/yt/doc/install_script.sh
> $ bash install_script.sh
> 
> If you want to upgrade to Python 2.7 now, it's recommended that you
> remove your existing yt installation directory and re-run the install
> script, as Python 2.7 will need new packages installed.  Please note
> that yt does not require Python 2.7; upgrading is strictly optional at
> this point; if you do decide to upgrade, the commands "python2.6"
> scattered throughout the documentation will need to be changed to
> either "python2.7" or the newly added alias, "pyyt", which will point
> at the current python installation.
> 
> If you run into any issues, please let me know.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Matt
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