Install Python with FINK :-?

I’m trying to install python on a Mac. I (think) I have Fink installed. I got into Fink commander, chose the package python23, and hit install from source. I got this bunch of stuff:

fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The
candidates:

(1) db42: Berkeley DB embedded database - non crypto
(2) db42-ssl: Berkeley DB embedded database - ssl

Pick one: [1]
The following package will be installed or updated:
python23
The following 17 additional packages will be installed:
db42 db42-shlibs expat expat-shlibs gdbm3 gdbm3-shlibs gmp gmp-shlibs
python23-shlibs python23-socket readline readline-shlibs tcltk tcltk-dev
tcltk-shlibs xfree86 xfree86-shlibs
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
curl -f -L -O http://distfiles.master.finkmirrors.net/db-4.2.52.NC.tar.gz
curl: (7) Failed to connect to distfiles.master.finkmirrors.net IP number 2: 22

execution of curl failed, exit code 7

Downloading the file “db-4.2.52.NC.tar.gz” failed.

(1) Give up
(2) Retry the same mirror
(3) Retry another mirror from your country
(4) Retry another mirror
(5) Retry using original source URL

How do you want to proceed? [3]
curl -f -L -O http://www.sleepycat.com/update/snapshot/db-4.2.52.NC.tar.gz
curl: (7) Connect failed

execution of curl failed, exit code 7

Downloading the file “db-4.2.52.NC.tar.gz” failed.

(1) Give up
(2) Retry the same mirror

How do you want to proceed? [2]
Failed: file download failed for db-4.2.52.NC.tar.gz of package db42-4.2.52-12


So, my questions are

  1. What am I doing wrong?

  2. Am I taking the right approach to doing this?

  3. If not, how do I install Python on a Mac?

Your words of wisdom are very much appreciated!

If you have 10.3, then you have python. And if you are using fink, then you definately have python since you have the developer’s tools installed.

So you would then install the Mac OS X 10.3 version of blender and bam…done.

If you have 10.2, then python is there as well, but you would install blender for 10.2

And those messages, that’s just the mirror server you are trying to download from is bad.