I got the answers myself. Thanks to http://tinyurl.com/ld2c9. With just basic installation of Python on Win32 (i.e. http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.3/python-2.4.3.msi) it is possible to install .egg files (Python Eggs).
1) download http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py 2) run ez_setup.py 3) download http://cheeseshop.python.org/packages/2.4/l/lxml/lxml-1.1alpha-py2.4-static-win32.egg 4) In dos command line go to the same directory where lxml-1.1alpha-py2.4-static-win32.egg has been downloaded 5) From dos command line type d:\python24\scripts\easy_install lxml-1.1alpha.win32-static-py2.4.exe That's all. But Note: a) for running ez_setup.py (which is a bootstrap module) unrestricted Internet connection is necessary. http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall?action=highlight&value=EasyInstall has all the answers. I am still not sure: a) Whether it is always sufficient to have only MinGW GCC installation on my Win XP machine and not MS Visual Studio. Best Regards, Srijit Srijit Kumar Bhadra wrote: > I have browsed the following links > 1) http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall > 2) When Python *Eggs* better than Python *distutils*?? What's Eggs? > (http://tinyurl.com/m8dyd) > > But I am still not clear what to do with an .egg file. For example, if > I have a basic Python installation > (http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.3/python-2.4.3.msi) what should I > do with a typical .egg file (e.g. > http://cheeseshop.python.org/packages/2.4/l/lxml/lxml-1.1alpha-py2.4-static-win32.egg)? > > I have only MinGW GCC compiler on my Win XP machine. Is it mandatory to > have Internet connection during installation of .egg files? > > Best Regards, > Srijit -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
