On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 10:16 +1000, Joseph Prince wrote: > Hi, > > I have an Android device and I want to install pytest on it. > > At the moment, I could invoke Python (my version of Python is 2.6.2). > I tried the usual way to install "setuptools". as far as i understand a source-install of setuptools is the best for you > > I tried to install a setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg from the webpage > (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools#cygwin-mac-os-x-linux-other). > so that I can install pytest on > http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytest/2.1.0 When I tried to run the shell > for the .egg file, it gives me this error:- > > # sh setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg > dlopen libpython2.6.so > error: invalid Python installation: unable to > open > /data/data/com.googlecode.pythonforandroid/files/python/lib/python2.6/config/Makefile > (No such file or directory) > eggs are a tricky format, try a source install from a tarball using setup.py, in case of doubt, grab distribute (which is a drop in enhanced replacement for setuptools)
> > Did I miss out any important steps? Please advise. > currently i'm not aware of the platform limitations of python on android, it seems it has some slight differences from a normal linux python install (like the missing Makefile the egg complains about) Currently Holger and me don't own Android devices, so please keep us updated on your findings. -- Ronny > > Appreciate your help. > > > -JP > _______________________________________________ > py-dev mailing list > py-dev@codespeak.net > http://codespeak.net/mailman/listinfo/py-dev
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