[web2py] Re: how to use easy_install

2010-05-09 Thread jayveesea
thanks for the reply. i need a couple of clarifications... 1. is there a way to use easy_install right out of the box? reason i ask is the web2py book references using easy_install to add a module, see here... http://web2py.com/book/default/section/4/18 2. are there other ways of adding modules?

[web2py] Re: how to use easy_install

2010-05-09 Thread mdipierro
easy_install is not a web2py function. It is a distutil function. It works out of the box if you have distutil and run web2py from source. We have not included easy_install in the web2py binary because Python does not include it either. If you run web2py from source. you install module in the

[web2py] Re: how to use easy_install

2010-05-08 Thread mdipierro
If you are running web2py binary (web2py.exe) you cannot use easy_insall. to use easy_install you need to 1) download and install python 2.5 or 2.6 2) download and distutil for python 2.5 or 2.6 (this gives you easy_install) 3) download are run web2py source (web2py.py) 4) download any other