newbie error on installing python on OS X Lion via brew

Question

I get this error when running on OX Lion:

brew install python  

Error: MD5 mismatch
Expected: c8cfcfd42ec9ab900fb3960a3308eef2
Got: f783444754861f9b33e9f4083bd97b60
Archive: /Users/jt/Library/Caches/Homebrew/distribute-0.6.21.tar.gz
(To retry an incomplete download, remove the file above.)

I remove file but same issue comes up with same hash value

The specific issue is mentioned here https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/issues/7768

I guess I'm not understanding what the workaround is. Can someone explain to me what to do?

I'm using this method to get MySQLdb installed via mysql-python installation problems (on mac os x lion) ; the bottom part. If better ideas for getting python / mysql working - let me know

thx for any help

Answer 1

They simply replaced the MD5 value in Python formula. Try 'brew update' command and see if it works after that.

If all else fails you can edit the file yourself locally.

vi /usr/local/Library/Formula/python.rb  

Just make the same change as outlined in diff:

https://github.com/martinploeger/homebrew/commit/0bf86f684fa97a15d6863c3bfe4a75d87c73b7d8