How to use Python s easy install on Windows it s not so easy

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After installing Python 2 7 on Windows XP  then manually setting the  PATH  to python exe  why won t the python installer do this    then installing setuptools 0 6c11  why doesn t the python installer do this    then manually setting the  PATH  to easy install exe  why doesn t the installer do this    I finally tried to install a python package with easy install  but easy install failed when it couldn t install the pywin32 package  which is a dependency  How can I make easy install work properly on Windows XP  The failure follows   C   easy install winpexpect Searching for winpexpect Best match  winpexpect 1 4 Processing winpexpect-1 4-py2 7 egg winpexpect 1 4 is already the active version in easy-install pth  Using c  python27 lib site-packages winpexpect-1 4-py2 7 egg Processing dependencies for winpexpect Searching for pywin32  214 Reading http   pypi python org simple pywin32  Reading http   sf net projects pywin32 Reading http   sourceforge net project showfiles php group id 78018 No local packages or download links found for pywin32  214 Best match  None Traceback  most recent call last     File  C  python27 scripts easy install-script py   line 8  in      load entry point  setuptools  0 6c11    console scripts    easy install       File  C  python27 lib site-packages setuptools command easy install py   line 1712  in main     with ei usage lambda    File  C  python27 lib site-packages setuptools command easy install py   line 1700  in with ei usage     return f     File  C  python27 lib site-packages setuptools command easy install py   line 1716  in      distclass DistributionWithoutHelpCommands    kw   File  C  python27 lib distutils core py   line 152  in setup     dist run commands     File  C  python27 lib distutils dist py   line 953  in run commands     self run command cmd    File  C  python27 lib distutils dist py   line 972  in run command     cmd obj run     File  C  python27 lib site-packages setuptools command easy install py   line 211  in run     self easy install spec  not self no deps    File  C  python27 lib site-packages setuptools command easy install py   line 446  in easy install     return self install item spec  dist location  tmpdir  deps    File  C  python27 lib site-packages setuptools command easy install py   line 481  in install item     self process distribution spec  dists 0   deps   Using     File  C  python27 lib site-packages setuptools command easy install py   line 519  in process distribution      requirement   self local index  self easy install   File  C  python27 lib site-packages pkg resources py   line 563  in resolve     dist   best req key    env best match req  self  installer    File  C  python27 lib site-packages pkg resources py   line 799  in best match     return self obtain req  installer    try and download install   File  C  python27 lib site-packages pkg resources py   line 811  in obtain     return installer requirement    File  C  python27 lib site-packages setuptools command easy install py   line 434  in easy install     self local index   File  C  python27 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

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If you are using Anaconda s Python distribution   you can install it through pip  pip install setuptools  and then execute it as a module  python -m easy install

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If you are using windows 7 64-bit version  then the solution is found here  http   pypi python org pypi setuptools  namely  you need to download a python script  run it  and then easy install will work normally from commandline    P S  I agree with the original poster saying that this should work out of the box

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For one thing  it says you already have that module installed  If you need to upgrade it  you should do something like this   easy install -U packageName  Of course  easy install doesn t work very well if the package has some C headers that need to be compiled and you don t have the right version of Visual Studio installed  You might try using pip or distribute instead of easy install and see if they work better

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Copy the below script  ez setup py  from the below URL  https   bootstrap pypa io ez setup py  And copy it into your Python location     C  Python27    Run the command     C  Python27  python ez setup py   This will install the easy install under Scripts directory     C  Python27 Scripts   Run easy install from the Scripts directory       C  Python27 Scripts  easy install

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One problem is that easy install is set up to download and install  egg files or source distributions  contained within  tgz   tar   tar gz   tar bz2  or  zip files   It doesn t know how to deal with the PyWin32 extensions because they are put within a separate installer executable  You will need to download the appropriate PyWin32 installer file  for Python 2 7  and run it yourself  When you run easy install again  provided you have it installed right  like in Sergio s instructions   you should see that your winpexpect package has been installed correctly  Since it s Windows and open source we are talking about  it can often be a messy combination of install methods to get things working properly  However  easy install is still better than hand-editing configuration files  for sure

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I also agree with the OP that all these things should come with Python already set  I guess we will have to deal with it until that day comes  Here is a solution that actually worked for me    installing easy install faster and easier  I hope it helps you or anyone with the same problem

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