[python] How to install SimpleJson Package for Python

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/simplejson

I am just diving into the Python world and want to make a simple twitter application which requires the installation of simplejson but not sure how I can set it up and get it working..

I am on a Windows System

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I would recommend EasyInstall, a package management application for Python.

Once you've installed EasyInstall, you should be able to go to a command window and type:

easy_install simplejson

This may require putting easy_install.exe on your PATH first, I don't remember if the EasyInstall setup does this for you (something like C:\Python25\Scripts).


You can import json as simplejson like this:

import json as simplejson

and keep backward compatibility.


If you have Python 2.6 installed then you already have simplejson - just import json; it's the same thing.


Download the source code, unzip it to and directory, and execute python setup.py install.


Really simple way is:

pip install simplejson