Phillip, On 10/7/07, Phillip J. Eby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 05:01 PM 10/7/2007 -0500, Mike wrote: > >Ok. I uninstalled everything related to Python including my ctypes and > >wxPython installations. I reinstalled Python 2.4.3 and setuptools > >0.6c7. It still gives me the TypeError as before. > > > >Also, now it won't recognize "python" as a command name. While I can > >start python's command line terminal by going to Start, Run, and > >typing "python", if I open a command window and type the following: > > > >python setup.py bdist_wininst > > > >I get > > > >'python' is not recognized as an internal or external command, > >operable program or batch file. > > > >Unless I actually type out the path to the python executable. Maybe > >there's something wrong with the PyCrypto module itself. > > It works fine for me. What's appears to be wrong is that you have > (or had) more than one Python installation, and I suspect the one you > uninstalled was not the one that you were using. > > > > I don't know. > >I guess I'll post this to the c.l.py group too. > > I wouldn't bother until you find out what other Python(s) are > installed on your system and get clear about which ones you're > running. I tried installing PyCrypto from the same page you spoke > of, and it worked fine for me using Python 2.4 on Windows. > >
I got it to work just now. I deleted the PyCrypto folder I had and unzipped it again. I had been told that one needed to add the following line to the setup.py file: from setuptools import setup Once I removed that, it worked like a charm. I am an utter fool. I apologize for taking up so much of your time this weekend. Thanks again for all your help. Mike _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
