On 19 September 2013 03:42, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: >> For Python 2.7 I think that easy_install will be able to install from >> the sourceforge binaries, e.g >> >> easy_install --user scipy >> >> but I may be wrong.
I should add that I meant the above as a suggestion for a Windows user. > If I recall correctly, and I may not, easy_install doesn't support per- > user installs with the --user option. It has the option: $ easy_install --help | grep -- --user --user install in user site-package 'C:\Documents and I just don't know if that works when easy_install works from a binary rather than an sdist. Oscar -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list