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 same ways (not one more, not one less) than you do normally in Python. On May 9, 6:36 pm, jayveesea <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? > > thanks for the help. > > On May 8, 6:30 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If you are running web2py binary (web2py.exe) you cannot use > > easy_insall. to useeasy_installyou 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 youeasy_install) > > 3) download are run web2py source (web2py.py) > > 4) download any other package you want witheasy_install > > > On May 8, 5:55 pm, jayveesea <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > hello. i just downloaded web2py (for windows) unzipped it and > > > launched web2py in console like this... > > > web2py.exe -S welcome > > > > now i am trying to add a module. and i try this command... > > > "easy_installipython" or "easy_installnumpy" > > > > ...but it does not like it and i get the following... > > > File "<console>", line 1 > > > easy_installnumpy > > > Syntax Error: invalid syntax > > > > any thoughts? i am new to both web2py and Python. > > > > thanks, > > > j > >
