Diez B. Roggisch wrote: > Larry Bates schrieb: >> Info: >> >> Python version: ActivePython 2.5.1.1 >> Platform: Windows >> >> I wanted to install BeautifulSoup today for a small project and >> decided to use easy_install. I can install other packages just fine. >> Unfortunately I get the following error from BeautifulSoup >> installation attempt: >> >> C:\Python25\Lib\SITE-P~1>easy_install BeautifulSoup >> Searching for BeautifulSoup >> Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/BeautifulSoup/ >> Reading http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/ >> Reading http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/download/ >> Best match: BeautifulSoup 3.0.5 >> Downloading >> http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/download/BeautifulSoup- >> 3.0.5.tar.gz >> Processing BeautifulSoup-3.0.5.tar.gz >> Running BeautifulSoup-3.0.5\setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir >> c:\docume~1\larry\l >> ocals~1\temp\easy_install-cfdxna\BeautifulSoup-3.0.5\egg-dist-tmp-gbrpp5 >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "C:\Python25\Scripts\easy_install-script.py", line 8, in <module> >> load_entry_point('setuptools==0.6c8', 'console_scripts', >> 'easy_install')() >> File >> "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\setuptools-0.6c8-py2.5.egg\setuptools\comm >> and\easy_install.py", line 1671, in main >> File >> "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\setuptools-0.6c8-py2.5.egg\setuptools\comm >> and\easy_install.py", line 1659, in with_ei_usage >> File >> "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\setuptools-0.6c8-py2.5.egg\setuptools\comm >> and\easy_install.py", line 1675, in <lambda> >> File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\core.py", line 151, in setup >> dist.run_commands() >> File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 974, in run_commands >> self.run_command(cmd) >> File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 994, in run_command >> cmd_obj.run() >> File >> "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\setuptools-0.6c8-py2.5.egg\setuptools\comm >> and\easy_install.py", line 211, in run >> File >> "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\setuptools-0.6c8-py2.5.egg\setuptools\comm >> and\easy_install.py", line 446, in easy_install >> File >> "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\setuptools-0.6c8-py2.5.egg\setuptools\comm >> and\easy_install.py", line 476, in install_item >> File >> "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\setuptools-0.6c8-py2.5.egg\setuptools\comm >> and\easy_install.py", line 655, in install_eggs >> File >> "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\setuptools-0.6c8-py2.5.egg\setuptools\comm >> and\easy_install.py", line 930, in build_and_install >> File >> "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\setuptools-0.6c8-py2.5.egg\setuptools\comm >> and\easy_install.py", line 919, in run_setup >> File >> "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\setuptools-0.6c8-py2.5.egg\setuptools\sand >> box.py", line 27, in run_setup >> File >> "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\setuptools-0.6c8-py2.5.egg\setuptools\sand >> box.py", line 63, in run >> File >> "C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\setuptools-0.6c8-py2.5.egg\setuptools\sand >> box.py", line 29, in <lambda> >> File "C:\VOL1\Larry\Websafe\Python\wstools\setup.py", line 2, in >> <module> >> import py2exe >> File "C:\VOL1\Larry\Websafe\Python\wstools\unittest.py", line 3, in >> <module> >> class TextCtrlTest(unittest.TestCase): >> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'TestCase' >> >> >> Thanks in advance for any "clues". > > I'm not sure what happens - but I think it is suspicious that these > "wstools" get into the way. And it looks as if wstools.unittest imports > itself, instead of the python-unittest - which must be solved with > getting the sys.path fixed. > > Diez
Sharp eyes Diez, I overlooked that. This is a path that I search for some tools I've written. It is set in PYTHONPATH environment variable. I cleared PYTHONPATH and easy_install BeautifulSoup worked. Still not quite clear why. Thanks loads. -Larry -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
