RE: Using the MSI installer on Windows: Setting PATH and Setuptools

2013-09-19 Thread Prasad, Ramit
cyt...@m.allo.ws wrote: > Hello All, > > I really hate Windows, and I have only intermittent access to Windows > machines right now. > > When I install Python 2.7 on Windows using the MSI installer, it definitely > does not modify the PATH > variable. So I modify the PATH variable myself as fol

Re: Using the MSI installer on Windows: Setting PATH and Setuptools

2013-09-19 Thread Skip Montanaro
> Question 4: If the Windows MSI installer indeed lacks Setuptools, what is the > best way to install it from the command line in a future-proof manner (on > Windows)? I am imagining something like this: > > wget https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py > python ez_setup.py

Re: Using the MSI installer on Windows: Setting PATH and Setuptools

2013-09-19 Thread Skip Montanaro
> PIP would definitely do the trick. Does the MSI include PIP? If it does not > include PIP, then how can I easily install it from the command line? I am > looking for something like this: Not yet, but I think just around the corner: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0453/ Unlike most enhance

Re: Using the MSI installer on Windows: Setting PATH and Setuptools

2013-09-19 Thread cython
On Thursday, September 19, 2013 4:06:56 PM UTC-4, Skip Montanaro wrote: > > I am not a Windows person, but wouldn't pip do the trick? > PIP would definitely do the trick. Does the MSI include PIP? If it does not include PIP, then how can I easily install it from the command line? I am looking f

Using the MSI installer on Windows: Setting PATH and Setuptools

2013-09-19 Thread cython
Hello All, I really hate Windows, and I have only intermittent access to Windows machines right now. When I install Python 2.7 on Windows using the MSI installer, it definitely does not modify the PATH variable. So I modify the PATH variable myself as follows: setx PATH %PATH%;C:\Python27\ Q