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I'm trying to use Polygonizer plugin inside QGIS, but it needs Shapely to work. I've installed Shapely (pip install Shapely) but that's for python 2.7. QGIS works with python 2.6 (on Snow Leopard) and I can't find previous installers for it. Maybe I'm missing something?

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I assume you are using the KyngChaos version of QGIS and thus the GEOS library is installed in /Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/

Download the Shapely Python package from PyPI or Shapely from github and untar.

Then, in the terminal:

cd -> shapely folder
LDFLAGS=`/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/bin/geos-config --libs`
CFLAGS=`/Library/Frameworks/GEOS.framework/Versions/3/unix/bin/geos-config --cflags` 
python setup.py install
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Thanks gene. All your assumptions are correct. I did everything as you suggested, though used "sudo python setup.py install" instead. But it still installs it for python 2.7. "Installed /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Sh‌​apely-1.2.16-py2.7.egg" – Pey Man Jan 7 at 23:16
it is because you use the 2.7 version you have installed and not the installed version of Python on Snow Leopard which is 2.6. QGIS uses this version. It is a path problem – gene Jan 9 at 7:14

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