From 53887565d19e5b17fb82048ffac44d088e039b07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lawrence Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:25:52 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] add note about alternative way to run 32bit python --- README | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README b/README index 1e63b74..3593577 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython2.8-osx-unicode-2.8.12.0-unive Grab the source for pyserial from http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyserial/pyserial-2.5.tar.gz Unzip pyserial to a folder. Then, in a terminal, change to the folder you unzipped to, then type in: defaults write com.apple.versioner.python Prefer-32-Bit -bool yes + +Alternatively, you can run python in 32 bit mode by setting the following environment variable before running: +export VERSIONER_PYTHON_PREFER_32_BIT=yes + sudo python setup.py install Then repeat the same with http://launchpad.net/pyreadline/trunk/1.7/+download/pyreadline-1.7.zip