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Re:You shouldn't invoke setup.py directly by slownews45 on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @12:46PM (#28920236)
My wife started to learn to program - the setup overhead in python (going via mac -> git -> windows / linux) was crazy.
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Re:You shouldn't invoke setup.py directly by spicybright on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @01:35PM (#28920950)
Can you not use your system's default python and open idle? Why involve git?
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Re:You shouldn't invoke setup.py directly by macintux on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @09:46PM (#28925892)
On Mac, at least as of Catalina, the system default Python is 2.something.
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Re:You shouldn't invoke setup.py directly by spicybright on Thursday October 21, 2021 @01:03PM (#28947529)
You can't just use brew?
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Re:You shouldn't invoke setup.py directly by macintux on Friday October 22, 2021 @10:09AM (#28957369)
Sure, but you specifically asked about the system's default Python.
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