EasyInstall is a package manager that provides a standard format to distribute Python programs and libraries. Part of the `setuptools` module.
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easy_install cx_Oracle (python package) on Windows
So I found Help installing cx_Oracle but am still stuck. I downloaded the latest instantclient from oracle, and set ORACLE_HOME to the location of the extracted files (both direct and with a bin folder between the ORACLE_HOME value and the files),…
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Equivalent for `--find-links` in `setup.py`
What is the equivalent of --find-links / -f flag for pip in setup.py.
I know dependency_links exist, but that requires pointing to a specific file, I want something similar to -f that can point to a list of links from which the package can be…
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Installing pip on macOS does not work (anymore)
I followed online instructions on how to install pip on macOS (for example this, this, and this).
I all seems to simple, but it's not working for me.
My python --version is 2.7.10.
When I run sudo easy_install pip I get:
$ sudo easy_install…
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How does Python keep track of modules installed with eggs?
If I have a module, foo, in Lib/site-packages, I can just import foo and it will work. However, when I install stuff from eggs, I get something like blah-4.0.1-py2.7-win32.egg as a folder, with the module contents inside, yet I still only need do…
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How to install libxml2 in virtualenv?
I have virtualenv with --no-site-packages option. I'm using scrapy in it. Scrapy uses libxml2 by import libxml2. How to install libxml2 in virtualenv using pip or easy_install?
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Scrapy Installation Fails with error 'cannot open include: 'openssl/aes.h '
I am trying to install Scrapy with easy_install -U Scrapy but it ends up in a strange error "Can not open include file " while trying to install it. Does any one know what is going on? Here is my complete traceback:
C:\Users\Mubashar…
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How to cleanly remove pip that is installed by using easy_install?
If I used sudo easy_install pip on my OS X Lion 10.7.4, how do I cleanly remove it?
After the installation, I also did
pip install --upgrade setuptools
Here is the output:
mac:~ usr$ sudo easy_install pip
Password:
Searching for pip
Reading…
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How to use easy_install behind a http proxy on windows?
When I use the command:
easy_install spotter
to install the spotter package, I got the following error message
Searching for spotter
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/spotter/
Download error on http://pypi.python.org/simple/spotter/: [Errno…
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'easy_install -U cython' fails complaining about vcvarsall.bat and -mno-cygwin
Under Windows, it seems that easy_install with a C dependency isn't very easy.
Attempt 1 - vcvarsall.bat errors
I am installing cython under Windows7, with MinGw; I modified Windows7's PATH to include C:\MinGw\bin. At this point, I tried to…
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How to install pywin32 in virtualenv with python 2.7 64 bit?
I wonder right way to install on virtualenv with 64 bit python 2.7 pywin32 module (Operating system is Windows 7 64 bit).
I've found exe installer on Sourceforge.
When i run easy_installer on command line first everything goes fine but soon i see…
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easy_install fails on error "Couldn't find setup script" after binary upload?
After uploading a binary distribution of my Python C extension with python setup.py bdist upload, easy_install [my-package-name] fails on "error: Couldn't find a setup script in /tmp/easy_install/package-name-etc-etc".
What am I doing wrong?
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Installing egg through pip
I can successfully install egg for morfeusz2 through
python -m easy_install http://sgjp.pl/morfeusz/download/20181014/ubuntu-xenial/morfeusz2-0.4.0-py3.7-win-amd64.egg
However, all other dependencies I define through requirements.txt. I would like…
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How to disable easy_install or pip building ppc by default on Snow Leopard 10.6.6?
Since I have Xcode 4 installed and it seems xcode 4 can't build ppc binaries anymore, quite a lot of python packages(especially mercurial pymongo, etc.) can't build and complained that there is no "as" installed for ppc architecture. Is there any…
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easy_install pip fails on MAC OSX
I am running OSX Sierra 10.12.6 on a macbook pro
There's known bug in pip 10.0.0b1 that causes a Trap: 5 when you try to install anything. This also prevents you from updating pip itself to 10.0.0b2, which supposedly fixes this bug.
So - I…
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Easy_install of wxpython has "setup script" error
I have an install of python 2.5 that fink placed in /sw/bin/. I use the easy install command
sudo /sw/bin/easy_install wxPython
to try to install wxpython and I get an error while trying to process wxPython-src-2.8.9.1.tab.bz2 that there is not…
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