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Re: Python on Windows

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On 19/10/2012 14:24, graham wrote:
> 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.

As an aside, this is not the best use of the PYTHONPATH
variable. (I would argue that, on Windows at least, there's very little
need for the env var).

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". This will install into c:\python27\lib\site-packages. The
same for a module you install "manually" (ie python setup.py install) or
via an .exe or an .msi from PyPI or elsewhere.

There are other possibilities: .pth files, the PYTHONPATH env var,
virtualenv, user-install directories which you can read about, but in
general, just let the standard mechanisms install into
c:\python27\lib\site-packages (which is automatically on sys.path) and
go from there.

TJG

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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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