How to install Python on Mac with MacPorts?

MacPorts will automatically take care of any dependencies! (by default SQL dependencies are not installed for py27-atpy, and the Montage dependency is not installed for py27-aplpy. If you want to install these, use sudo port install py27-atpy +sql) and sudo port install py27-aplpy +montagerespectively).

Can you use Python 2 on Mac OS X?

Mac OS X comes with Python 2.7 out of the box. You do not need to install or configure anything else to use Python 2. These instructions document the installation of Python 3. The version of Python that ships with OS X is great for learning, but it’s not good for development.

How to run Python build on Windows machine?

Install fabric (Python module, easily installed with pip) on your Windows machine so that you can run the build on your Mac as part of the same automated build process. Fabric allows you to utilize SSH from Python. So long as you know how to access the Mac over SSH (just need the IP, username, and password), this is easy. Set it up like this:

How to create OS X app with Python on Windows?

Entire build runs on Windows machine. Part of it is written in Python and compiles for OS X. Currently this part of build is done manually on OS X. I tried pyinstaller but it looks like it only building for the platform that it is running on. I also tried py2app but it did not install on Windows.

What do you need to know about PyFITS module?

The PyFITS module is a Python library providing access to FITS files. FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) is a portable file standard widely used in the astronomy community to store images and tables.

What kind of python do I need to use PyFITS?

PyFITS requires Python version 2.6 or newer. Support for Python 3.0 through 3.2 is deprecated, but Python 3.3 and above are fully supported. PyFITS also requires the numpy package.

How do I install PyFITS on my computer?

PyFITS can be installed using pip (the recommended tool for installing Python packages) using: To install PyFITS manually from the source distribution, unpack the tar file and type: pip install . This will install PyFITS in the system’s Python site-packages directory.