Bugs item #1626300, was opened at 2007-01-02 11:32 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by tautology You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1626300&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Documentation Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Christopher Lambacher (tautology) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: 'Installing Python Modules' does not work for Windows Initial Comment: The instructions for installing 3rd party modules will not work in a default Windows install. The documentation (http://docs.python.org/inst/standard-install.html) says: """ As described in section 1.2, building and installing a module distribution using the Distutils is usually one simple command: python setup.py install On Unix, you'd run this command from a shell prompt; on Windows, you have to open a command prompt window (``DOS box'') and do it there; on Mac OS X, you open a Terminal window to get a shell prompt. """ Unfortunately the command 'python setup.py install' does not work because the python executable is not in the path in the default install. 'setup.py install' will work since .py files are associated with python.exe. A suggestion for new wording: """ As described in section 1.2, building and installing a module distribution using the Distutils is usually one simple command: python setup.py install On Unix, you'd run this command from a shell prompt; on Mac OS X, you open a Terminal window to get a shell prompt. On Windows, you have to open a command prompt window (``DOS box'') and modify the command to: setup.py install """ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Christopher Lambacher (tautology) Date: 2007-01-02 11:36 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=122679 Originator: YES Might as well also deal with section 1.2 as well. http://docs.python.org/inst/trivial-install.html#new-standard says: """ Additionally, the distribution will contain a setup script setup.py, and a file named README.txt or possibly just README, which should explain that building and installing the module distribution is a simple matter of running python setup.py install If all these things are true, then you already know how to build and install the modules you've just downloaded: Run the command above. Unless you need to install things in a non-standard way or customize the build process, you don't really need this manual. Or rather, the above command is everything you need to get out of this manual. """ Could be changed to: """ Additionally, the distribution will contain a setup script setup.py, and a file named README.txt or possibly just README, which should explain that building and installing the module distribution is a simple matter of running python setup.py install On Windows the above command should be modified to: setup.py install If all these things are true, then you already know how to build and install the modules you've just downloaded: Run the command above. Unless you need to install things in a non-standard way or customize the build process, you don't really need this manual. Or rather, the above command is everything you need to get out of this manual. """ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1626300&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
