[vtkusers] VTK and Python on OS X El Capitan

[Sturla Molden]

Ben Boeckel <ben.boeckel at kitware.com> wrote:

> So Apple has crippled their Python (e.g., how do you use your own NumPy
> with the system Python now if you can't load it?). 

The system Python is reserved for the operating system. You shouldn't mess
with it or even use it, particularly not install packages into it. To
maintain the integrity of te operating system, it is important that only
Apple change it through system updates. Apple has not ceipped their Python,
they have made sure that users stop modifying a vital component in their
operating systems.

If you want Python, install your own, e.g. from Python.org, Anaconda or
Enthought. Then you can do whatever you want with it.


Sturla