I am running Macports 1.6 OS X 10.5 xcode 3.0 xquartz 2.1.3 python24 installs fine but gives me bus errors for the simplest of things like printing a list. Someone else mentioned this too back in Nov but I didnt see any responses to the thread. Also py-mysql won't compile (log not show since python itself is unstable). So I tried python25/py25-mysql and python25 won't even compile. I am new to OSX and Macports, but if I can't get python working ... Okay, so I thought I'd stick with the system python and downloaded the source for python-mysql from sourceforge. I got errors installing that too, although the errors were related to the macports install of mysql5: ... running build_ext building '_mysql' extension creating build/temp.macosx-10.5-i386-2.5 gcc -fno-strict-aliasing -Wno-long-double -no-cpp-precomp -mno-fused-madd -fno-common -dynamic -DNDEBUG -g -Os -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -DMACOSX -I/usr/include/ffi -DENABLE_DTRACE -arch i386 -arch ppc -pipe -Dversion_info=(1,2,2,'final',0) -D__version__=1.2.2 -I/opt/local/include/mysql5/mysql -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/include/python2.5 -c _mysql.c -o build/temp.macosx-10.5-i386-2.5/_mysql.o In file included from /opt/local/include/mysql5/mysql/mysql.h:47, from _mysql.c:40: /usr/include/sys/types.h:92: error: duplicate 'unsigned' /usr/include/sys/types.h:92: error: two or more data types in declaration specifiers In file included from /opt/local/include/mysql5/mysql/mysql.h:47, from _mysql.c:40: /usr/include/sys/types.h:92: error: duplicate 'unsigned' /usr/include/sys/types.h:92: error: two or more data types in declaration specifiers lipo: can't open input file: /var/folders/ZV/ZVl4o2PwHqaUrZYDYfN2CE+++TI/-Tmp-//ccXNdGDK.out (No such file or directory) error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1 Anyone got py-mysql/mysql-python working using the base Apple python? Otherwise I am reverting to linux. Thanks, Suresh