EasyInstall is a package manager that provides a standard format to distribute Python programs and libraries. Part of the `setuptools` module.
Questions tagged [easy-install]
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I'm not able to install PIL. Terminal says access denied to directory. How to gain access to the directory
I typed in this command in the terminal
easy_install PIL
The terminal said this:
*error: can't create or remove files in install directory
The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the
installation directory:
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What does this Python message mean?
ho-fe3fdd00-12:~ Sam$ easy_install BeautifulSoup
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/easy_install", line 8, in
load_entry_point('setuptools==0.6c7', 'console_scripts', 'easy_install')()
File…
anon
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Unable to use installed module in script
I'm a newbie to python (about one week in), so maybe I'm just missing something obvious...
I have been unable to import and use a module in my script code.py. The module was installed using easy_install and is called googlemaps. I installed it…

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easy_install conflict for python2.4 and python2.7
I have installed python under /opt/python2.7.1/ on CentOS machine which has already python2.4 and configure it to run python2.7 default.
However, when I write 'easy_install' it raises error like
Traceback (most recent call last):
File…

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Error installing psycopg2 on python 2.6
I'm trying to install psycopg2 on Python 2.6:
easy_install-2.6 psycopg2
but receive lots of compiling errors in psycopg/psycopgmodule.c
But psycopg2 is installed and works fine on the same machine on Python 2.4.
Any ideas?

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Trying to install easy_install or pip for django
I am trying to install Django and here is what I get when I try to install pip => " Fatal error in launcher: Unable to create process using '"' When I enter de command => python -m pip install XXX it does not work. Any help?

CoJ
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Installing an extension from conf.py
I try to build the docs, and use a custom sphinx extension, but this extension isn't installed by default - so I provide it via conf.py, using this:
try:
import sphinxjp.themes
except ImportError:
from setuptools.command import easy_install
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How to import numpy to portable Python 3.6?
I have downloaded Python 3.6 Portable.
I need to use numpy.
I have downloaded it using git: git clone https://github.com/numpy/numpy.git numpy . Copied the directory "numpy" to the Python directory.
Now, when I use "import numpy", I get the…

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