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Installing Python on Mac OS X
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*Or, "Installing Python 2.7 via Homebrew".*
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The latest version of Mac OS X, **comes with Python 2.7 out of the box**.
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The latest version of Mac OS X, Lion, **comes with Python 2.7 out of the box**.
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You do not need to install or configure anything else to use Python. Having said that, I would strongly recommend that you install the tools and libraries described in the next section before you start building Python applications for real-world use. In particular, you should always install Distribute, as it makes it much easier for you to use other third-party Python libraries.
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Doing it Right
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Let's get a real version of Python.
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While Lion comes with a large number of UNIX utilities, those
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familiar with Linux systems will notice one key component missing: a decent
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package manager. `Homebrew <http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/>`_ fills this void.
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First, you'll need to have GCC installed to compile Python. You can either get this from `XCode <http://developer.apple.com/xcode/>`_ or the smaller `OSX-GCC-Installer <https://github.com/kennethreitz/osx-gcc-installer#readme>`_ package.
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While Lion comes with a large number of UNIX utilities, those familiar with Linux systems will notice one key component missing: a decent package manager. `Homebrew <http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/>`_ fills this void.
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To `install Homebrew <https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/installation>`_, simply run::
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$ ruby -e "$(curl -fsS https://raw.github.com/gist/323731)"

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