Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.etla.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.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 0.000 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'python,': 0.02; 'url:pypi': 0.03; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.04; '(even': 0.05; 'output': 0.05; '64-bit': 0.07; 'distutils': 0.07; 'see.': 0.07; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'windows,': 0.09; 'wrong,': 0.09; 'subject:How': 0.10; 'python': 0.11; 'windows': 0.15; '"run': 0.16; 'command:': 0.16; 'exe': 0.16; 'ez_setup.py': 0.16; 'it".': 0.16; 'it;': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'right-click': 0.16; 'url:packages': 0.16; 'url:py': 0.16; 'url:setuptools': 0.16; 'appropriate': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; "skip:' 30": 0.19; 'seems': 0.21; 'install': 0.23; 'header:User- Agent:1': 0.23; 'url:moin': 0.24; 'versions': 0.24; 'header:X -Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'point': 0.28; 'am,': 0.29; 'url:wiki': 0.31; 'ray': 0.31; 'file': 0.32; 'figure': 0.32; 'front': 0.32; 'run': 0.32; 'open': 0.33; 'linux': 0.33; 'url:python': 0.33; 'running': 0.33; 'at:': 0.34; "can't": 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'version': 0.36; 'entry': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'searching': 0.37; 'being': 0.38; 'version,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'issue': 0.38; 'does': 0.39; 'sure': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'how': 0.40; 'read': 0.60; 'new': 0.61; 'browser': 0.61; "you're": 0.61; 'first': 0.61; 'you.': 0.62; 'back': 0.62; 'save': 0.62; 'more': 0.64; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.65; 'due': 0.66; 'dont': 0.67; 'installer': 0.84; 'received:89': 0.85; 'navigate': 0.91; 'rusi': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: How to: Setuptools Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 13:26:22 +0100 References: <22b6ddfe-100f-4ff5-853b-9ec4e2232e7a@h9g2000pbr.googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-89-240-174-199.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130509 Thunderbird/17.0.6 In-Reply-To: <22b6ddfe-100f-4ff5-853b-9ec4e2232e7a@h9g2000pbr.googlegroups.com> X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 130528-0, 28/05/2013), 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: 56 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1369743978 news.xs4all.nl 15886 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:52285 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:46279 On 28/05/2013 13:03, rusi wrote: > On May 28, 6:32 am, ray wrote: >> I would like to use easy_install, but can't figure out how to install it. >> >> I have 64-bit Python 2.7.5 on Windows 7. >> >> Following the instructions onhttps://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools, it says: >> Download ez_setup.py and run it; it will download the appropriate .egg file and install it for you. (Currently, the provided .exe installer does not support 64-bit versions of Python for Windows, due to a distutils installer compatibility issue >> >> Being new to Python, I don't know what it means to "run it". I am not sure what I am looking at when I open it as the first line is "#!python". >> >> Looking down into the content of ez_setup.py, I find: >> 'setuptools-0.6c10-py2.6.egg': >> but there is no entry >> 'setuptools-0.6c10-py2.7.egg': >> >> Searching for it, I found a version at:https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/s/setuptools/ >> >> This appeared to be a linux version, the first line is: >> #!/bin/sh >> and the content seems to be encoded. >> >> There is an exe athttps://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools, but the >> instructions on the page state the .exe won't work for 64-bit installs. >> >> Ray > > Since there seems to be no response to this, let me try (even though I > am not on windows) > Just point your browser at the link > http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py > And save the file ez_setup.py > > The more windows-y way of running this is to right-click this and edit > the run-with in some way that I dont have at my finger-tips. Do this, something goes wrong, no output to see. > > The more old-fashioned way is to start a dos-box (run cmd.exe) > navigate to the directory where the ez_setup.py is saved > from there run the command: > python ez_setup.py Do this, something goes wrong, output in front of you. > > Do that and report back on what happened > -- If you're using GoogleCrap™ please read this http://wiki.python.org/moin/GoogleGroupsPython. Mark Lawrence