noob can't install python modules/scripts
hi, I'm not that new to programming (java) but I'm a pathetic newbie when it comes to python. I just started learning today and I'm trying to install third-party modules/scripts (I don't know the difference at the moment) so that they'll work in python; namely, easy_install/pip/distribute and beautifulsoup4 python version is 2.7.3; platform is windows 7, 64-bit when I first installed python, I couldn't get it to run from the command line just by typing "python"; installing activepython (also 64-bit) seemed to have solved the problem (I later added C:\Python27 and C:\Python27\Scripts to the %PATH% environmental variable, not sure if this changed anything however) the only problem now is that I can't install any modules for python (that or they're installed and not working); I'm aware that my 64-bit installation needs the respective 64-bit versions of all of the modules I want installed, so I made sure to download those; but running/installing all of those has yielded no reaction using easy_install as an example, I downloaded the .py script the website told me to use for 64-bit installations, and ran it; as far as I know nothing happened (was I supposed to put it in a specific folder first before running it?) and trying to type "easy_install" into python gives me this: Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in easy_install NameError: name 'easy_install' is not defined trying to type "easy_install BeautifulSoup4" gives me this: SyntaxError: invalid syntax I'm at a loss as to why none of this works; did I not set up Python correctly? or was there some step I missed/ignored? any help or input would be much appreciated at this stage -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: noob can't install python modules/scripts
I guess I should add that the python installation is 64-bit as well thanks again! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: noob can't install python modules/scripts
On Friday, December 28, 2012 11:12:19 PM UTC-5, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > "The website"? There's more than one website on the Internet. Which > > website are you referring to? What .py script did you download? How did > > you run it? Details are important! > sorry about that; I was using the setuptools package from pypi python [ http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools ]; I downloaded the ez_setup.py file from under the 64-bit windows installation section and ran that (by double clicking on it, I hope this wasn't another noob mistake lol) > > It looks like you tried to run the easy_install command from inside the > > Python interactive interpreter, rather than from your system shell. > > > > The system shell (command.com or cmd.exe I guess) will have a $ or % sign > > as the prompt. Python usually has >>> as the prompt, although if you are > > running ActivePython it may be something else. You need to run the > > "easy_install BeautifulSoup4" command from the system shell, not Python. > > > > > > Try that, and if there's another error, please copy and paste the exact > > command you used, and the full error message. > running easy_install from the command line worked and BeautifulSoup4 seems to have installed, thanks for pointing out my mistake the only problem I have now is that importing beautifulsoup into a .py file I wrote generates an error (I'm using ActiveState Komodo Edit 7, is there another program you would recommend to a beginner like me?) trying to run the script gives an import error: ImportError: No module named BeautifulSoup importing other modules like os and urllib that came with the python installation work without problems looking online, all I've found were other accounts talking about a beautifulsoup.py that should be in the C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages directory, but I've found no such thing from the installation anywhere in the Python folder (funnily enough, I did a drive search with Everything and found a BeautifulSoup.py in my autodesk maya installation) am I somewhere near the mark? or am I off completely? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: noob can't install python modules/scripts
On Saturday, December 29, 2012 9:33:59 AM UTC-5, Joel Goldstick wrote: > You should read the BeautifulSoup tutorial/documentation. If I remember > correctly you do > from bs4 import BeautifulSoup > > Look at this tutorial to get started: > http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/bs4/doc/ ah got it, I was told to use import -modulename- for pretty much everything by a classmate; I'll definitely look into the documentation thanks again for the help guys -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
