We've got ActiveState Python 2.6 installed on a Windows XP box, and I pulled down the latest archgenxml package (2.2) in order to get it running under this installation of Python. I unpacked the tarball for the package and tried running `python setup.py build' but got an ImportError exception: "no module named setuptools." So back to Google, where I find http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools, which says "[For Windows] install setuptools using the provided .exe installer." I go down to the bottom of the page and I see that there is no .exe installer for Python 2.6. All there is for that version of Python is setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg. How do I get this installed under ActiveState Python? I get the impression from the references to "Python Eggs" on the setuptools page that setuptools is a utility for installing Python Eggs. So we're supposed to use a utility that isn't installed yet to install that utility. Now that ActiveState has officially thrown in the towel on ever bringing back its Python version of ppm, we're left with a pretty sad story as far as installing third-party Python packages in Windows. I thought Perl was supposed to be the world in which the more ways to do a simple task, the better. I would guess that there is a minority of Python users who know all there is to know about all the different ways there are to get Python packages installed, and for the rest of us it's just chaos. Why doesn't ActiveState's Python (remember the slogan "batteries included"?) come with the tools needed to install third-party packages? Have we stumbled into some messy political turf battle over installer philosophies, or is this just an oversight?
Thanks, and sorry for the rant, but this Achilles heel in Python is pretty frustrating. -- Bob Kline http://www.rksystems.com mailto:bkl...@rksystems.com _______________________________________________ ActivePython mailing list ActivePython@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs Other options: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/ActivePython
