To install setuptools, you will need to download ez_setup.py and run it in the command line as "python ez_setup.py" -
http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py If that doesn't work for some reason, try other options at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/309412/how-to-setup-setuptools-for-python-26-on-windows (URL from a simple google query which you should make use of hereupon) ... We have already started working on PyPM (Python Package Manager); meanwhile once you have setuptools installed, may I suggest one of the following source-based installers? - easy_install: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall - pip: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip On 4/16/2009 7:23 AM, Bob Kline wrote: > 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. > _______________________________________________ ActivePython mailing list ActivePython@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs Other options: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/ActivePython
