Well the ActiveState version includes some Windows specific libraries
out of the box that you would have to download separately otherwise.
They also have their own package management system (pyp?). Otherwise not
much of a difference.
In Fabric's case, installation requires the compiling of a few things in
order to get all of the parts working. On Linux (and also Mac?) this
isn't too big of deal, just install a few extra packages and you're off
and running. On Windows you would have to jump through a few strange
hoops to get everything working right.
In this situation ActiveState does some of that jumping for you by
providing the binaries you need, indicated by Step 2 of the steps you
quoted.
On 05/17/2012 02:14 PM, John REG wrote:
Why would I want to use the activestate version of Python vs. the one that I
can install from http://www.python.org/getit/. I'm new to Python on Windows
and have installed it initially to use Fabric, so what are the differences.
Thanks in advance.
Here is what I do:
1. Install Python 2.7 community edition from activestate.com
2. Is your system 32 or 64 bits? If 32, skip this step. If 64, download and
install pycrypto from here.
3. Open command prompt, type "pip install fabric".
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