Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!ecngs!feeder2.ecngs.de!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!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 0.009 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'url:pypi': 0.03; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'pypi': 0.07; 'scripts': 0.09; 'subject:Windows': 0.09; 'url:pip': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'mechanism': 0.17; 'x-mailer:microsoft outlook express 6.00.2900.5931': 0.22; 'installation': 0.23; "python's": 0.23; 'instead.': 0.27; 'perl': 0.29; 'install': 0.29; 'maybe': 0.29; 'url:python': 0.32; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'dir': 0.35; 'url:org': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'things': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'your': 0.60; "you'll": 0.62; 'sitting': 0.93 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed; reply-type=original From: Gisle Vanem To: python-list@python.org References: <1pKdnT9EiNaO2ODNnZ2dnUVZ8rCdnZ2d@bt.com> <50815CED.70902@timgolden.me.uk> Subject: Re: Python on Windows Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:47:51 +0200 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 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: 17 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1350740919 news.xs4all.nl 6908 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:34577 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:31810 "Tim Golden" wrote: > In general, you'll want to be using a mechanism such as pip: > > http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip > > which will look things up on PyPI so you can just do "pip install > newmodule". And if you have a pip.bat from some Perl installation sitting before python's Scripts dir in your %PATH, remember to use "pip.exe install newmodule" instead. My Strawberry Perl has this "Perl Installation Package". Maybe I should rearrange my %PATH? --gv