无法在全新的Mac OS X Lion上安装pythonbrew

Question

I installed pythonbrew, but when I try to install python, I get an error:

ERROR: Failed to install Python-3.2.1. See /Volumes/Documents/Users/nathan/.pythonbrew/log/build.log to see why.

This is what it says in the log file:

checking for --enable-universalsdk... no
checking for --with-universal-archs... 32-bit
checking MACHDEP... darwin
checking machine type as reported by uname -m... x86_64
checking for --without-gcc... no
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl.exe... no
configure: error: in `/Volumes/Documents/Users/nathan/.pythonbrew/build/Python-3.2.1':
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
See `config.log' for more details

I don't know where the config.log file is.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

It seems you have to install XCode from Apple so you get a C-Compiler: you can get it for free from the App-Store Xcode .

Unfortunately this is the only way I know of to get one - and it is a huge download.

Answer 2

Mac OS X Lion doesn't include gcc by default -- and, in fact, you'll only have clang (the C frontend for LLVM) if you installed Xcode. Assuming you have that installed, it looks like you can install Pythonbrew by passing the without-gcc flag to the configure script.