Python (was Shortcuts under MacOs Sonoma)

[Stephan Witt]

Am 09.11.2023 um 11:24 schrieb Isaac Oscar Gariano <IsaacOscar at live.com.au>:
> 
> Interestingly I've never had this problem on windows as LyX comes with a python in it's installation directory.

Hi Isaac,

Python was an integral component of macOS for ages. Therefore no need to bundle it with LyX. In general is the distribution of 3rd party software inside the bundle debatable.

> Perhaps the MacOS version should do the same, or at the very least give a very clear error message.

The new LyX version 2.4 has implemented this „feature“.

BR, Stephan

> It might be worth opening a bug report for this. (I've also had LyX tell me it can't find the a LaTeX class, when I definitely had LaTeX installed properly; I can't remember what the cause of it was though, probably my fault for not building LyX properly).
> — Isaac Oscar Gariano​
> From: lyx-users <lyx-users-bounces at lists.lyx.org> on behalf of Daniel CLEMENT via lyx-users <lyx-users at lists.lyx.org>
> Sent: Thursday, 9 November 2023 11:13 PM
> To: Dr Eberhard W Lisse <nospam at lisse.NA>
> Cc: LyX <lyx-users at lists.lyx.org>
> Subject: Re: Python (was Shortcuts under MacOs Sonoma)
>  
> Yes, I had seen this thread and I had reviewed it.
> 
> What I didn’t expect, was that the upgrade would suppress something!
> 
> I don’t know how Python was present before the upgrade (builtin?) However, I have installed the Python3 pkg from the official Python website before I could read your advice.
> 
> Let’s see if that persists across the next upgrades!
> 
> BR - Daniel
> 
> > Le 8 nov. 2023 à 19:16, Dr Eberhard W Lisse <nospam at lisse.NA> a écrit :
> > 
> > This has been discussed here a number of times in the not so
> > distant past.
> > 
> > I think you need to install the X-Code command line tools to
> > get /usr/bin/python3 again but I use Homebrew's python and
> > that survives OS Upgrades.
> > 
> > greetings, el
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 07/11/2023 15:12, Daniel CLEMENT via lyx-users wrote:
> >> Thanks for your reply Isaac.
> >> 
> >> The user directory is: ~/Library/Application Support/LyX-2.3/ 
> >> 
> >> That sounded correct. 
> >> 
> >> So I investigated a bit more on the Python side.  It was
> >> definitely a Python issue.
> >> 
> >> I still can hardly believe it, but it seems that the upgrade
> >> had completely stripped my system of any Python.  I
> >> (re)installed it from the official site, and all the LyX
> >> shortcuts got working again.  And the reconfigure function,
> >> too.
> >> 
> >> So, problem solved for now. BR, Daniel
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