On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 5:36 PM, Rekow Warren <warren_re...@speedyquick.net> wrote: > I am a new MacPython (ver 2.6.1) user who has downloaded the "PyUSB" module, > but am unclear about how to make it available for use in a program. Included > among the downloaded files is 'setup.py' (and 'setup.pyc'). Running > 'setup.py' via IDLE yields the following error msg: > --- > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/Applications/Python 2.6/pyusb-0.4.1/setup.py", line 62, in <module> > ext_modules = [usbmodule]) > File > "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/distutils/core.py", > line 140, in setup > raise SystemExit, gen_usage(dist.script_name) + "\nerror: %s" % msg > SystemExit: usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] > ...] > or: setup.py --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...] > or: setup.py --help-commands > or: setup.py cmd --help > > error: no commands supplied > --- > It seemed that 'setup.py' should be run in order to access functions in the > PyUSB module, but perhaps I misunderstand the process. It would be > appreciated if someone could suggest a related reference to read.
Use the command suggested in the error message: setup.py --help-commands You have to give setup.py a command argument; it cannot be run without any arguments. That command should give you a list and explanation from which you can figure out which command you want. Cheers, Chris -- I have a blog: http://blog.rebertia.com _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
