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How to reliably guess the encoding between MacRoman, CP1252, Latin1, UTF-8, and ASCII
At work it seems like no week ever passes without some encoding-related conniption, calamity, or catastrophe. The problem usually derives from programmers who think they can reliably process a “text” ...
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What is the most compatible way to install python modules on a Mac?
I'm starting to learn python and loving it. I work on a Mac mainly as well as Linux. I'm finding that on Linux (Ubuntu 9.04 mostly) when I install a python module using apt-get it works fine. I can ...
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How can I install the Python library 'gevent' on Mac OS X Lion
Python library gevent, version 0.13.6 (the current version on PyPI) will not pip install on OS X Lion, Python 2.7 (and probably others.) It works fine on Snow Leopard.
How can I get this library ...
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python easy_install fails with “assembler for architecture ppc not installed” on Mac OS X
bash-3.2$ sudo easy_install appscript
Password:
Searching for appscript
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/appscript/
Reading http://appscript.sourceforge.net
Best match: appscript 1.0.0 ...
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How to uninstall Python 2.7 on a Mac OS X 10.6.4?
I want to completely remove Python 2.7 from my Mac OS X 10.6.4. I managed to remove the entry from the PATH variable by reverting my .bash_profile. But I also want to remove all directories, files, ...
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How to install MySQLdb (Python data access library to MySQL) on Mac OS X?
I'm a Python newbie, but I've just spent a day working out how to get MySQLdb working properly, and the universe according to google includes numerous references to what a PITA it is, and an ...
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Open document with default application in Python
I need to be able to open a document using it's default application in Windows and Mac OS. Basically, I want to do the same thing that happens when you double click on the document icon in Explorer or ...
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What's a good IDE for Python on Mac OS X? [closed]
I'm about to start a new job where the coding practices are heavily centered around TDD and refactoring, and whose primary development language is Python. I come from the Java world, and have been a ...
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Python: MySQLdb and “Library not loaded: libmysqlclient.16.dylib”
The setup...
Trying to set up a clean Mac os X 10.6 install to develop python/django and I didn't remember running into this on 10.5.
After installing MySQL from the installer on ...
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Is it possible to deploy a Python application on the Mac App Store?
Does Apple accept Python applications for distribution on the new Mac App Store?
If so, how should the application be packaged? Is py2app sufficient? Something else?
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Cross-platform space remaining on volume using python
I need a way to determine the space remaining on a disk volume using python on linux, Windows and OS X. I'm currently parsing the output of the various system calls (df, dir) to accomplish this - is ...
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Differences between Framework and non-Framework builds of Python on Mac OS X
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What are the differences between a Framework build and a non-Framework build (i.e., standard UNIX build) of Python on Mac OS X? Also, what are the advantages and disadvantages of each?
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How do you install lxml on OS X Leopard without using MacPorts or Fink?
I've tried this and run in to problems a bunch of times in the past. Does anyone have a recipe for installing lxml on OS X without MacPorts or Fink that definitely works?
Preferably with complete ...
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Broken Pipe error when using pip to install pycrypto on Mac OS X
I am attempting to install pycrypto (version 2.3) on OS X via pip. I am getting a "Broken pipe" error when the compiler attempts to compile MD2.c. I get a very similar error when using easy_install.
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How to use virtualenv with Google App Engine SDK on Mac OS X 10.6
I am pulling my hair out trying to figure this out because I had it working until last week and somehow it broke.
When I setup a virtualenv for a Google App Engine app and start the app with ...
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