Even though I've used ZODB before (not standalone on Windows, however), I've been unable to get it installed, and barely able to follow your web presence.
The general index of persistence tools for python, http://wiki.python.org/moin/PersistenceTools, leads to http://wiki.zope.org/ZODB. That in turn directs one to launchpad, but that is a red-herring for either installing the package or discovering documentation. launchpad in turn directs one back to http://wiki.zope.org/ZODB. Downloads go to http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ZODB3. You pick the latest version, and there is nothing to download on the page. The installation instructions suggest using easy_install. The installation instructions there direct you to http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools. That in turn has an installation and download section. That sends you to http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools#files, which finally provides a windows installer. Having installed easy install, which itself has some not easy installation instructions (if you have a prior version installed do x y and z), I then found no help on it. Going back to the easy install web pages for useage, I tried this: <shell> >easy_install ZODB easy_install ZODB Searching for ZODB Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/ZODB/ Couldn't find index page for 'ZODB' (maybe misspelled?) Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while) Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/ No local packages or download links found for ZODB Best match: None Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python26\Scripts\easy_install-script.py", line 8, in <module> load_entry_point('setuptools==0.6c11', 'console_scripts', 'easy_install')() File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 1712, in main with_ei_usage(lambda: File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 1700, in with_ei_usage return f() File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 1716, in <lambda> distclass=DistributionWithoutHelpCommands, **kw File "C:\Python26\lib\distutils\core.py", line 152, in setup dist.run_commands() File "C:\Python26\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 975, in run_commands self.run_command(cmd) File "C:\Python26\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 995, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 211, in run self.easy_install(spec, not self.no_deps) File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\easy_install.py", line 434, in easy_install self.local_index File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\setuptools\package_index.py", line 475, in fetch_distribution return dist.clone(location=self.download(dist.location, tmpdir)) AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'clone' </shell> I'm trying now with ZODB3, which seems to be going better. And the documentation, as the package and web pages note, is in sad state. This is all very awkward, and really quite unapproachable. Ross Boylan _______________________________________________ For more information about ZODB, see the ZODB Wiki: http://www.zope.org/Wikis/ZODB/ ZODB-Dev mailing list - ZODB-Dev@zope.org https://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zodb-dev
