No pythonw in Python 3.4 OS X 10.10?

Question

I am updating python on OS X 10.10 form the default installation 2.7 to the latest 3.4. I am following this tutorial to replace the python framework and update all the /usr/bin/by*** binaries. It all goes well until I notice that no pythonw binary exists in the 3.4 version. Is this something I can just ignore? Has pythonw been unified with python?

Answer 1

According python 3.4.3 in https://docs.python.org/3/using/mac.html: "4.1.2. Running scripts with a GUI With older versions of Python, there is one Mac OS X quirk that you need to be aware of: programs that talk to the Aqua window manager (in other words, anything that has a GUI) need to be run in a special way. Use pythonw instead of python to start such scripts.

With Python 3.4, you can use either python or pythonw."

I guess that's the reason why there's no pythonw in 3.4.3.

You can either delete the usr/bin/pythonw or link it to the python3, or older version you like.