On Sunday, October 12, 2014 4:18:19 PM UTC-4, ryguy7272 wrote: > I'm an absolute noob to Python, although I have been programming in several > other languages for over 10 years. > > > > I'm trying to install and run some scripts, and I'm not having much success. > > > > I followed the steps at this site. > > https://docs.python.org/2/install/ > > > > I have Python 2.7.6 Shell. > > > > If I type this: > > python setup.py install > > > > I get this: > > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > > > > > If I try this: > > setup.py beautifulsoup > > > > I get this: > > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > > > > > If I got to File > Open . . . . navigate to a folder and open the setup.py > file and hit F5 . . . . it looks like it runs, but I can't tell what it does > for sure, and then nothing works after that. For instance, I downloaded > something called 'Flask'. I put that folder in my Python27 folder, and typed > 'pip install Flask' and I keep getting errors. > > > > Any idea how to run a simple program???
Ahhhhh!!! I didn't know I needed to run it from the command prompt! Ok, not it makes sense, and everything works. Thanks to all! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
