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@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ Installation on MacOSX
`homebrew <http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew/>`_ to do that.
For Mac OS X 10.6 and later, we provide a Kivy.app with all dependencies
bundled. Download it from our google code project page. It comes as a .dmg
bundled. Download it from our `google code project page <http://code.google.com/p/kivy/downloads/list>`_.
It comes as a .dmg
file that contains:
* Kivy.app
@ -30,18 +31,29 @@ Start any Kivy Application
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You can run any Kivy application by simply dragging the application's main file
onto the Kivy.app icon. Just try with any python file in the examples folder.
onto the Kivy.app icon. Just try this with any python file in the examples folder.
.. _macosx-run-app:
Start from Command Line
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Start from the Command Line
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If you want to use Kivy from the command line, double-click the ``Make Symlinks`` script
after you dragged the Kivy.app into the Applications folder. To test if it worked:
after you have dragged the Kivy.app into the Applications folder. To test if it worked:
#. Open Terminal.app and run ``kivy``. You should get a Python prompt.
#. In there, enter import kivy. If it just goes to the next line without errors, it worked.
#. Open Terminal.app and enter::
$ kivy
You should get a Python prompt.
#. In there, type::
$ import kivy
If it just goes to the next line without errors, it worked.
#. Running any Kivy application from the command line is now simply a matter
of executing a command like the following: ``kivy yourapplication.py``
of executing a command like the following::
$ kivy yourapplication.py