From 344bb4a318523702f020b74ce2e9d2399dc5dc71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: kuyan Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:37:04 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/5] Mountain Lion is the latest version of OS X. --- docs/starting/install/osx.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/starting/install/osx.rst b/docs/starting/install/osx.rst index 883cac0f7..ad1a3a41c 100644 --- a/docs/starting/install/osx.rst +++ b/docs/starting/install/osx.rst @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Installing Python on Mac OS X ============================= -The latest version of Mac OS X, Lion, **comes with Python 2.7 out of the box**. +The latest version of Mac OS X, Mountain Lion, **comes with Python 2.7 out of the box**. You do not need to install or configure anything else to use Python. Having said that, I would strongly recommend that you install the tools and libraries From e0137d05788db9fc3b062c1b072e0830e52eab4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: kuyan Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:39:40 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Updated Homebrew install instructions. According to their homepage, http://brew.sh (linked to from https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew). --- docs/starting/install/osx.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/starting/install/osx.rst b/docs/starting/install/osx.rst index ad1a3a41c..3af4295f7 100644 --- a/docs/starting/install/osx.rst +++ b/docs/starting/install/osx.rst @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ simply run .. code-block:: console - $ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSkL raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)" + $ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)" Then, insert the Homebrew directory at the top of your ``PATH`` environment variable. You can do this by adding the following line at the bottom of your From a435ff39079dcd48b1b616df244043a22fa41164 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: kuyan Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:45:50 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 3/5] Rationalize copying/pasting commands. --- docs/starting/install/osx.rst | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/starting/install/osx.rst b/docs/starting/install/osx.rst index 3af4295f7..82b563d70 100644 --- a/docs/starting/install/osx.rst +++ b/docs/starting/install/osx.rst @@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ simply run $ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)" -Then, insert the Homebrew directory at the top of your ``PATH`` environment -variable. You can do this by adding the following line at the bottom of your -``~/.bashrc`` file +The script will expalin what changes it will make and prompt you before the +installation begins. +Once you've installed Homebrew, insert the Homebrew directory at the top +of your ``PATH`` environment variable. You can do this by adding the following +line at the bottom of your ``~/.bashrc`` file .. code-block:: console From ad955e6ab77872280ee4c0d041d266d60f92b18b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: kuyan Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:49:36 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 4/5] You can get GCC from Command Line Tools, too. --- docs/starting/install/osx.rst | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/starting/install/osx.rst b/docs/starting/install/osx.rst index 82b563d70..7eb753a0b 100644 --- a/docs/starting/install/osx.rst +++ b/docs/starting/install/osx.rst @@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ Doing it Right Let's install a real version of Python. -First, you'll need to have GCC installed to compile Python. You can either get -this from `XCode `_ or the smaller -`OSX-GCC-Installer `_ package. +Before installing Python, you'll need to install GCC. GCC can be obtained +by downloading `XCode `_, the smaller +`Command Line Tools `_ (must have an +Apple account) or the even smaller `OSX-GCC-Installer `_ +package. While Lion comes with a large number of UNIX utilities, those familiar with Linux systems will notice one key component missing: a decent package manager. From 70532b444d9dfad18d45e2fca3a4bf06e46fd457 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: kuyan Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:51:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 5/5] Fixed a typo. --- docs/starting/install/osx.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/starting/install/osx.rst b/docs/starting/install/osx.rst index 7eb753a0b..2384a64ed 100644 --- a/docs/starting/install/osx.rst +++ b/docs/starting/install/osx.rst @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ simply run $ ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)" -The script will expalin what changes it will make and prompt you before the +The script will explain what changes it will make and prompt you before the installation begins. Once you've installed Homebrew, insert the Homebrew directory at the top of your ``PATH`` environment variable. You can do this by adding the following