Python 2.5.6 Build Error On Mac Lion

Here is what I would like to do. Use web2py with MySQL. To do that, I need to use source web2py rather than web2py.app To use web2py, I need Python 2.5 I am having trouble building

Solution 1:

web2py works fine with Lion's stock Python 2.7. Unless you have a compelling reason to use 2.5, stick with 2.7.

Solution 2:

I have web2py on my iMac OSX Lion using the web2py app and MySQL. I haven't run into any reason why you can't use the app with MySQL.

Solution 3:

To install Python on OS X, try using the Universal Binaries provided on python.org (documented at http://docs.python.org/2/using/mac.html).

See http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5.4/python-2.5.4-macosx.dmg for the most recent Universal Binary for Python 2.5.