Updating Python on Mac

The default Python on OS X shouldn’t be messed with as it’s used by the OS itself. If your default is 2.6.1 then you must have Snow Leopard. If you just install from the standard 3.1 disk image then you can invoke it using python3.1 from the terminal (you don’t have to do any extra steps for this to … Read more

Installing Homebrew on OS X

It’s on the top of the Homebrew homepage. From a Terminal prompt: The command brew install wget is an example of how to use Homebrew to install another application (in this case, wget) after brew is already installed. Historic… Before about 2020, the command given on the Homebrew page was:

C++ IDE for Macs

Xcode which is part of the MacOS Developer Tools is a great IDE. There’s also NetBeans and Eclipse that can be configured to build and compile C++ projects. Clion from JetBrains, also is available now, and uses Cmake as project model.

How to uninstall Python 2.7 on a Mac OS X 10.6.4?

Do not attempt to remove any Apple-supplied system Python which are in /System/Library and /usr/bin, as this may break your whole operating system. NOTE: The steps listed below do not affect the Apple-supplied system Python 2.7; they only remove a third-party Python framework, like those installed by python.org installers. The complete list is documented here. Basically, all you need to do is the … Read more