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MacProgrammingPython

Easier way to build _bsddb for OS X

I blogged previously about how to build _bsddb for Python 2.6 by hacking the Python source code to accommodate changes in berkeley-db. Here's an easier way that doesn't require hacking source code. Install berkeley-db using...
Marc 2014-04-272014-04-27
MacProgrammingPython

Building _bsddb for Python 2.6 on OS X 10.8.5

It's well-known that the Python that comes with OS X machines typically doesn't have _bsddb. I downloaded Python 2.6.8 and attempted to build it and it wouldn't build the _bsddb module. Here's what I did to fix this. I used...
Marc 2014-04-252014-04-25
MacProgrammingPython

Hacking OS X’s Python dbhash and bsddb modules to work

By default on my Leopard system, the dbhash and bsddb Python modules cannot be loaded. marc@hyperion:~$ python Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Oct 5 2007, 21:08:09) [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5465)] on darwin Type "help",...
Marc 2007-11-282008-06-16
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