cpython/Mac/BuildScript/resources

This package will install Python $FULL_VERSION for Mac OS X
$MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET for the following architecture(s):
$ARCHITECTURES.

Installation requires approximately $INSTALL_SIZE MB of disk space,
ignore the message that it will take zero bytes.

If you are attempting to install on an OS X 10.8 system, you may
see a message that Python can't be installed because it is from an
unidentified developer.  This is because this Python installer
package is not yet compatible with the Gatekeeper security feature
introduced in OS X 10.8.  To allow Python to be installed, you
can override the Gatekeeper policy for this install.  In the Finder,
instead of double-clicking, control-click or right click the "Python"
installer package icon.  Then select "Open using ... Installer" from
the contextual menu that appears.

Python consists of the Python programming language interpreter, plus
a set of programs to allow easy access to it for Mac users including
an integrated development environment, IDLE, plus a set of pre-built
extension modules that open up specific Macintosh technologies to
Python programs.

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To use IDLE or other programs that use the tkinter graphical user
interface toolkit, you may need to install a third-party version of
the Tcl/Tk frameworks.  Visit http://www.python.org/download/mac/tcltk/
for current information about supported and recommended versions of
Tcl/Tk for this version of Python and of Mac OS X.

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The installer puts applications, an "Update Shell Profile" command,
and a link to the optionally installed Python Documentation into the
"Python $VERSION" subfolder of the system Applications folder,
and puts the underlying machinery into the folder
$PYTHONFRAMEWORKINSTALLDIR. It can
optionally place links to the command-line tools in /usr/local/bin as
well. Double-click on the "Update Shell Profile" command to add the
"bin" directory inside the framework to your shell's search path.

You must install onto your current boot disk, even though the
installer does not enforce this, otherwise things will not work.

You can verify the integrity of the disk image file containing the
installer package and this ReadMe file by comparing its md5 checksum
and size with the values published on the release page linked at
http://www.python.org/download/

More information on Python in general can be found at
http://www.python.org.