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Re: 'Swampy' installation through 'pip'

From Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject Re: 'Swampy' installation through 'pip'
Date 2014-05-20 14:20 +0100
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On 20/05/2014 08:11, Ronak Dhakan wrote:
> I have just started learning python from How to Think Like a Computer Scientist. It requires me to install 'swampy'   (http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/swampy/install.html)   which requires me to install 'pip'   (https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/installing.html).   I think I was able to somehow install pip, but am unable to install swampy.
>
> When i run   'pip install swampy'   in windows command prompt, I get an error:
>
> Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
> (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Ronak>E:
>
> E:\>pip install swampy
> Fatal error in launcher: Unable to create process using '""E:\Program Files\Pyth
> on 2.7.6\pythonw.exe"" "E:\Program Files\Python 2.7.6\Scripts\pip.exe" install s
> wampy'
>

Your setup looks wrong, surely that should be python.exe, not pythonw.exe.

I'd recommend reinstalling and use the default settings, putting Python 
at the top level of the disk and not in "Program Files", that's another 
set of potential set of problems eliminated straight away.

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask 
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence

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'Swampy' installation through 'pip' Ronak Dhakan <ronaksoni301@gmail.com> - 2014-05-20 00:11 -0700
  Re: 'Swampy' installation through 'pip' Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-05-20 14:20 +0100
  Re: 'Swampy' installation through 'pip' Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-20 23:35 +1000
  Re: 'Swampy' installation through 'pip' Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-05-20 09:33 -0600
  Re: 'Swampy' installation through 'pip' Ronak Dhakan <ronaksoni301@gmail.com> - 2014-05-21 01:12 -0700

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