[vtkusers] VTK and Python on OS X El Capitan

[Matthew Brett]

On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 12:08 PM, Sturla Molden <sturla.molden at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

Yes, I believe the standard advice is here :
https://github.com/MacPython/wiki/wiki/Which-Python

Matthew