curl -O http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py python ez_setup.py
---------------------------------------- > Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 18:32:43 -0700 > Subject: How to: Setuptools > From: r...@aarden.us > To: python-list@python.org > > I would like to use easy_install, but can't figure out how to install it. > > I have 64-bit Python 2.7.5 on Windows 7. > > Following the instructions on https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools, it > says: > Download ez_setup.py and run it; it will download the appropriate .egg file > and install it for you. (Currently, the provided .exe installer does not > support 64-bit versions of Python for Windows, due to a distutils installer > compatibility issue > > Being new to Python, I don't know what it means to "run it". I am not sure > what I am looking at when I open it as the first line is "#!python". > > Looking down into the content of ez_setup.py, I find: > 'setuptools-0.6c10-py2.6.egg': > but there is no entry > 'setuptools-0.6c10-py2.7.egg': > > Searching for it, I found a version at: > https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/s/setuptools/ > > This appeared to be a linux version, the first line is: > #!/bin/sh > and the content seems to be encoded. > > There is an exe at https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools, but the > instructions on the page state the .exe won't work for 64-bit installs. > > Ray > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
