Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!rt.uk.eu.org!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.002 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'referenced': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'suggest': 0.14; 'language.': 0.14; 'question.': 0.14; 'windows': 0.15; 'all?': 0.16; 'easy_install': 0.16; 'ez_setup': 0.16; 'fwiw': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:install': 0.16; 'language': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'module': 0.19; 'trying': 0.19; 'install': 0.23; 'installation': 0.23; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'certainly': 0.24; '---': 0.24; "i've": 0.25; '(for': 0.26; 'url:edu': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In- Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'obscure': 0.31; 'text': 0.33; 'at:': 0.34; 'usual': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'clear': 0.37; 'to:addr :python-list': 0.38; 'subject:can': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'free': 0.61; 'subject: ': 0.61; 'viruses': 0.61; "you're": 0.61; 'you.': 0.62; 'protection': 0.63; 'our': 0.64; 'antivirus': 0.68; 'sound': 0.68; 'therefore': 0.72; 'hardly': 0.84; 'site?': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: why i can't install ez_setup Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 02:10:59 +0100 References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-92-18-5-57.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 140628-0, 28/06/2014), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 37 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1404004265 news.xs4all.nl 2911 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:34036 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:73719 On 29/06/2014 00:50, Peter Tomcsanyi wrote: > I cannot answer the original question. > > But: do you need ez_setup at all? > From your text it's clear that you are using Python on Windows. > > Therefore I suggest you to forget about the obscure Python installation > tools and look at: > http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/ > Find there the Python modules that you want to install. Then just > download the proper windows installers (for the module and all its > prerequisites) and install the modules' binaries in the way which is > usual in Windows. > > Or are you trying to install a package that is not listed on the > above-mentioned site? > > Peter > I don't consider that particularly sound adice. easy_install is hardly an "obscure Python installation tool". If you get pip it will look after the dependancies for you. The site you're referenced is unofficial. FWIW I've used it and never had a problem, but it's certainly a case of "buyer beware". -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com