Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!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 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'url:pypi': 0.03; '64-bit': 0.07; 'pypi': 0.07; 'setup.py': 0.07; 'python': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'subject:modules': 0.09; 'subject:python': 0.11; 'dec': 0.15; 'ez_setup.py': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'setuptools': 0.16; 'subject:install': 0.16; 'url:setuptools': 0.16; 'windows': 0.19; '(by': 0.22; 'installation': 0.23; 'downloaded': 0.24; 'command': 0.24; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.28; 'subject:/': 0.28; 'run': 0.28; 'install': 0.29; 'fri,': 0.30; 'url:python': 0.32; 'file': 0.32; 'could': 0.32; 'like:': 0.33; 'url:home': 0.33; 'to:addr :python-list': 0.33; 'another': 0.33; 'something': 0.35; 'received:org': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; "wasn't": 0.36; 'charset :us-ascii': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'clicking': 0.75; 'dennis': 0.91; 'mistake': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Dennis Lee Bieber Subject: Re: noob can't install python modules/scripts Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 16:22:25 -0500 Organization: > Bestiaria Support Staff < References: <4165a2a8-6960-4d6f-a033-07d34b78efcf@googlegroups.com> <50de6da2$0$29967$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-76-253-108-151.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 X-No-Archive: YES 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: 18 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1356816149 news.xs4all.nl 6979 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:38920 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:35781 On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 20:40:59 -0800 (PST), lostguru declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: > sorry about that; I was using the setuptools package from pypi python [ http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools ]; I downloaded the ez_setup.py file from under the 64-bit windows installation section and ran that (by double clicking on it, I hope this wasn't another noob mistake lol) It could be... Many downloaded installation packages want you to manually run a "setup.py" program with a command line argument... Something like: python setup.py install You'd have to read the documentation provided by the package to find out. -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/