On May 28, 7:26 am, Mark Lawrence <breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 28/05/2013 13:03, rusi wrote: > > > > > > > On May 28, 6:32 am, ray <r...@aarden.us> wrote: > >> 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 onhttps://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 athttps://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools, but the > >> instructions on the page state the .exe won't work for 64-bit installs. > > >> Ray > > > Since there seems to be no response to this, let me try (even though I > > am not on windows) > > Just point your browser at the link > >http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py > > And save the file ez_setup.py > > > The more windows-y way of running this is to right-click this and edit > > the run-with in some way that I dont have at my finger-tips. > > Do this, something goes wrong, no output to see. > > > > > The more old-fashioned way is to start a dos-box (run cmd.exe) > > navigate to the directory where the ez_setup.py is saved > > from there run the command: > > python ez_setup.py > > Do this, something goes wrong, output in front of you. > > > > > Do that and report back on what happened > > -- > If you're using GoogleCrap� please read > thishttp://wiki.python.org/moin/GoogleGroupsPython. > > Mark Lawrence > >
The installation fails. The report stated it could not find the file. Per: 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': Since I am trying to install this for Python 2.7, it fails. Any suggestions? Ray -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
