How to install GTK and PyGTK in Mac OS X Lion

I run into some problems trying to install GTK and PyGTK, but I found a workaround, so here's the trick:

You'll need to have brew installed in your system. If you don't have brew installed, you can installed just by running this command:

$ /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/gist/323731)"

 Now you are ready to go!

Install GTK: just run this command:

$ brew install gtk

Install PyGTK:

• Download this: link.
• It is a Mac installer package. Install it.

That's it!

You  can test your installation from a Python console this way:

$ python
>>> import pygtk

How to install meld in Mac OS X Lion

Missing the nice and sweet meld program for your SVN or GIT diffs in Lion?

Try this:

1. Get and install pygtk:
• http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/zero-install/PyGTK/2.24.0/PyGTK.pkg
2. Get meld
• http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/meld/1.5/meld-1.5.2.tar.bz2
3. Extract the tar.bz2, go to the extracted directory and then run:
1. Note: This assumes you have brew installed. If not, see here.
• $ brew install intltool
• $ brew install gettext
• $ export PATH=/usr/local/Cellar/gettext/0.18.1.1/bin/:$PATH
• $ make prefix=/usr/local/ install 
4. Now you should now have the 'meld' command available.

Some useful links I went through to figure the above mentioned steps:

• http://meld.sourceforge.net/
• http://meld.sourceforge.net/install.html
• http://www.mail-archive.com/pygtk@daa.com.au/msg20559.html