I now conclude that the ez_setup.py won't work because python 2.7 does not seem to be listed (the report of a problem at line 34 indicates it tried version 2.6 but that is not what I am trying to install under...). Frustrating.
Comer On Jan 1, 1:27 pm, Comer <[email protected]> wrote: > I have today decided to redo all python installs on my debian machine > because of the existence of python2.5 stuff in a lot of places. I have > installed python 2.7.2. I have subsequently installed sympy 0.7.1 and > ipython 0.12. However, I am having some strange things happening when > I try to do an install of easy_install. I am trying to use ez_setup > run to put in setuptools but it won't run. Here is the junk: > debian:~/Downloads> sudo python ez_setup.py > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "ez_setup.py", line 278, in <module> > main(sys.argv[1:]) > File "ez_setup.py", line 210, in main > egg = download_setuptools(version, delay=0) > File "ez_setup.py", line 132, in download_setuptools > import urllib2, shutil > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 94, in <module> > import httplib > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/httplib.py", line 79, in <module> > import mimetools > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/mimetools.py", line 6, in <module> > import tempfile > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/tempfile.py", line 34, in <module> > from random import Random as _Random > ImportError: Bad magic number in /home/comer/Downloads/random.pyc > > Sorry to bother the list with dribble about python-related installs, > but my debian box seems to be a mishmash as over the last three years > I have put in quite a lot of stuff and it is not clear that it is > consistent. I am trying to do a fresh install of everything but > squeeze has a lot of python stuff installed (all based on python > 2.5). I am trying to redo all including sympy and ipython and now > need to put in lots of stuff that I will need (numpy etc). > > Thanks for help. > > Comer > > On Jan 1, 12:29 am, Ondøej Èertík <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Aaron Meurer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Dec 31, 2011, at 4:38 PM, Comer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Well, first doing a import sympy works. > > > >> Second, you are right about the version probably, as I did in fact do > > >> a download from git this afternoon (eastern time). What do you suggest > > >> I try next? > > > > Do a fresh install of whichever one you want (0.7.1 or 0.7.1-git). > > > >> And what about downloading the latest ipython and installing it in my > > >> home directory? > > > > I recommend updating ipython, though i think it's unrelated to your > > > current problem. > > > > Aaron Meurer > > > Note that if you just want to use SymPy, you can just download the git > > (or a release tarball), unpack and do: > > > bin/isympy > > > and that will run sympy without installing it. That should always work. > > > Ondrej -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sympy?hl=en.
