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Re: How do I access 'Beautiful Soup' on python 2.7 or 3.4 , console or idle versions.

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On 2014-05-11 21:03, Simon Evans wrote:
> Dear Chris Angelico,
> Yes, you are right, I did install Python 3.4 as well as 2.7. I have removed Python 3.4, and input the code you suggested and it looks like it has installed properly, returning the following code:-
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
> Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>
> C:\Users\Intel Atom>cd "c:\Beautiful Soup"
>
> c:\Beautiful Soup>c:\Python27\python setup.py install
> running install
> running build
> running build_py
> creating build
> creating build\lib
> copying BeautifulSoup.py -> build\lib
> copying BeautifulSoupTests.py -> build\lib
> running install_lib
> copying build\lib\BeautifulSoup.py -> c:\Python27\Lib\site-packages
> copying build\lib\BeautifulSoupTests.py -> c:\Python27\Lib\site-packages
> byte-compiling c:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\BeautifulSoup.py to BeautifulSoup.p
> yc
> byte-compiling c:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\BeautifulSoupTests.py to BeautifulS
> oupTests.pyc
> running install_egg_info
> Writing c:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\BeautifulSoup-3.2.1-py2.7.egg-info
>
> c:\Beautiful Soup>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Would that things were as straightforward as they are in the books, but anyway thank you much for your assistance, I'd still be typing the zillionth variation on the first line without your help. I don't doubt though that I will be coming unstuck in the not distant future. Until then, again thank you for your selfless help.
>
You didn't need to remove Python 3.4.

When you typed:

python setup.py install

it defaulted to Python 3.4, presumably because that was the last one
you installed.

You just needed to be explicit instead:

C:\Python27\python.exe setup.py install

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  Re: How do I access 'Beautiful Soup' on python 2.7 or 3.4 , console or idle versions. Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-11 03:03 +1000
  Re: How do I access 'Beautiful Soup' on python 2.7 or 3.4 , console or idle versions. Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-05-10 14:39 -0400
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    Re: How do I access 'Beautiful Soup' on python 2.7 or 3.4 , console or idle versions. Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-12 11:40 +1000
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