I always use the Python.org distribution myself. Kevin Horn
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Stephen Opalenski < [email protected]> wrote: > 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". > > > _______________________________________________ > Fab-user mailing > [email protected]https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fab-user > > > _______________________________________________ > Fab-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fab-user > >
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