Re: Python on Windows

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Date	Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:44:34 +0100
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On 19/10/2012 14:24, graham wrote:
> Thanks to everyone who replied.
> 
> Python was installed in the subdirectory C:\Python27 with the file
> feedparser.py residing in C:\Python27\Lib\email.
> 
> Setting the Windows environment variable (which did not previously
> exist) to C:\Python27\Lib\email allowed me to import feedparser
> successfully.
> 
> However, it seems that this feedparser module is not the module I wanted.
> 
> I'm trying to follow an introductory Python course from the magazine
> Linux Format (issue number 120 I think). 

I'm very surprised that the article tells you to import a non-standard
module without telling you where to download it. I imagine that the
module is this one:

  http://pypi.python.org/pypi/feedparser/

(In general, PyPI is the first place to look for Python packages).

> This is all confusing and frustrating.

Understandably. It's not unknown, but it is unusual for two
identically-named packages to exist for Python. It's more
unfortunate when it's one used in a beginner's article.

If you understand how to download the .zip file from the page above and
unzip it then you need to go to the directory where the unzipped files
are and run:

  python setup.py install

If you're not sure how to do any of that, feel free to post back here or
to the python-tutor list [1] which is a little more experience in
helping newcomers.

TJG

[1] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

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Python on Windows graham <grahams@tectime.com> - 2012-10-16 12:29 +0100
  Re: Python on Windows Marco Nawijn <nawijn@gmail.com> - 2012-10-16 04:35 -0700
    Re: Python on Windows Dwight Hutto <dwightdhutto@gmail.com> - 2012-10-16 07:56 -0400
  Re: Python on Windows Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2012-10-16 07:44 -0400
  Re: Python on Windows graham <grahams@tectime.com> - 2012-10-19 14:24 +0100
    Re: Python on Windows Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2012-10-19 14:44 +0100
    Re: Python on Windows rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-10-19 06:48 -0700
    Re: Python on Windows Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2012-10-19 15:00 +0100
    Re: Python on Windows graham <grahams@tectime.com> - 2012-10-19 15:12 +0100
      Re: Python on Windows Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2012-10-19 15:24 +0100
    Re: Python on Windows Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-10-19 15:23 +0100
    Re: Python on Windows Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2012-10-19 15:40 +0100
    Re: Python on Windows Gisle Vanem <gvanem@broadpark.no> - 2012-10-20 14:47 +0200

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