Both responses worked for checking python version, but trying to download gave an error:

Install Galaxy on Mac OS10.7
1. Open Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app
2. Check Python version by pasting in "python -V", no quotes, and hit return
response = Python 2.7.1
3. Get Galaxy by pasting in "% hg clone https://bitbucket.org/galaxy/galaxy-dist/", no quotes, and hit return 
response = -bash: fg: %: no such job
On Aug 10, 2012, at 8:58 AM, Hotz, Hans-Rudolf wrote:

Hi Edward

I am moving your e-mail to 'galaxy-dev' since it's about a local Galaxy
instance.

I don't think there are any differences between installing Galaxy on
Linux and Mac OS X. Hence you can follow the step-by-step instructions
on the wiki (well, there are actually only two steps anyway...):

http://wiki.g2.bx.psu.edu/Admin/Get%20Galaxy


WRT checking the python version:

just type 'python -V' on the command line, eg on my old MacBook:

bash-3.2$ python -V
Python 2.5.1
bash-3.2$    


Hope this helps
Regards, Hans



On 08/10/2012 02:37 PM, Edward Turk wrote:
Hello,
Could someone provide instructions for installing galaxy on a Mac OS 10.7? The
instructions provided by galaxy start off by asking me to check my python
version, but I don't know how to do that. I figure someone has step-by-step
instructions or a screen cast?
Thank you,
Edward
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