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Rather than get bogged down in trying to make the "right" decision as to what computer to use, what package manager to use (fink, MacPorts, or homebrew), and try to research the "right" way to install compatible versions of MySQL, python, and the glue that would hold them together, I decided to just roll some dice (basically), make some arbitrary decisions, and then hack away at it to try to get things to work. This seems to work, to the limited extent that I need it to.

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