On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:40 AM, rusi <rustompm...@gmail.com> wrote: > I tried to install easy_install (This is on windows) > I downloaded the executable and ran it. It claimed to have done its > job. > > But now when I type easy_install at a cmd prompt I get > easy_install is not a command... > > [I guess I am a perennial noob to windows, never being able to > comprehend the PATH lookup logic (or lack of it)] > > Another related question: I gather that easy_install is being > superseded by pypi or some such but I cant find the link...
easy_install is part of the setuptools or distribute package. I assume that one of these is what you installed. On Windows, the easy_install command is installed into your Python Scripts directory, which should be something like "C:\Python27\Tools\Scripts" or "C:\Python25\Scripts" depending on your Python version. You just need to find that directory and add it to your PATH. PyPI is the Python package index. It's a website at http://pypi.python.org/ -- not a replacement for setuptools or easy_install, which uses it to look up package metadata. Setuptools is supposed to be superseded by distribute, which may be what you heard. HTH, Ian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
