I had download a module which has the following directory structure: [XL-Sudoku-Solver_master] |__[tests] |__[xl_sudoku_solver] |__setup.py |__ __init__.py |__problem1.txt |__ __main__.py |__README.md |__ ... |__ ...
The setup.py file has something like this: --------------------- ... setup( name="xl-sudoku-solver", version="0.0.1.post3", packages=['xl_sudoku_solver'], entry_points={ "console_scripts": [ "xl-sudoku-solver = xl_sudoku_solver.__main__:main" ] }, ... ---------------- and the __main__.py has: ---------------- ... from . import Solver, load_from_file, load_from_input, load_from_string def main(): ... if __name__ == '__main__': main() ---------------- The README.md suggest the way of running it: pip install xl-sudoku-solver $ xl-sudoku-solver --time -f problem1.txt But I like to run it before install. Is it possible? and how? I had try two ways below but niether works: 1) h:\Temp\XL-Sudoku-Solver-master>py xl_sudoku_solver --time -f problem1.txt Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python34\lib\runpy.py", line 170, in _run_module_as_main "__main__", mod_spec) File "C:\Python34\lib\runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code exec(code, run_globals) File "xl_sudoku_solver\__main__.py", line 5, in <module> from . import Solver, load_from_file, load_from_input, load_from_string SystemError: Parent module '' not loaded, cannot perform relative import 2) h:\Temp\XL-Sudoku-Solver-master>py Python 3.4.4 (v3.4.4:737efcadf5a6, Dec 20 2015, 19:28:18) [MSC v.1600 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import xl_sudoku_solver >>> Can't find the name "main", What to do? --Jach -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list