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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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!
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.
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
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
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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