Hi Bob, FYI: PyPM was released near the end of last year. We made another release of ActivePython just yesterday: http://www.activestate.com/activepython/
Now all you need to run is "pypm install archgenxml" to install that package; no need to download the source in order to build yourself. For more details on PyPM, see http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/2.6/pypm.html -srid On 4/16/2009 8:26 AM, Sridhar Ratnakumar wrote: > To install setuptools, you will need to download ez_setup.py and run it > in the command line as "python ez_setup.py" - > > http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py > > If that doesn't work for some reason, try other options at > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/309412/how-to-setup-setuptools-for-python-26-on-windows > (URL from a simple google query which you should make use of hereupon) > > ... > > We have already started working on PyPM (Python Package Manager); > meanwhile once you have setuptools installed, may I suggest one of the > following source-based installers? > > - easy_install: http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall > - pip: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pip > > > > On 4/16/2009 7:23 AM, Bob Kline wrote: >> We've got ActiveState Python 2.6 installed on a Windows XP box, and I >> pulled down the latest archgenxml package (2.2) in order to get it >> running under this installation of Python. I unpacked the tarball for >> the package and tried running `python setup.py build' but got an >> ImportError exception: "no module named setuptools." So back to Google, >> where I find http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools, which says "[For >> Windows] install setuptools using the provided .exe installer." I go >> down to the bottom of the page and I see that there is no .exe installer >> for Python 2.6. All there is for that version of Python is >> setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg. How do I get this installed under >> ActiveState Python? I get the impression from the references to "Python >> Eggs" on the setuptools page that setuptools is a utility for installing >> Python Eggs. So we're supposed to use a utility that isn't installed >> yet to install that utility. Now that ActiveState has officially thrown >> in the towel on ever bringing back its Python version of ppm, we're left >> with a pretty sad story as far as installing third-party Python packages >> in Windows. I thought Perl was supposed to be the world in which the >> more ways to do a simple task, the better. I would guess that there is >> a minority of Python users who know all there is to know about all the >> different ways there are to get Python packages installed, and for the >> rest of us it's just chaos. Why doesn't ActiveState's Python (remember >> the slogan "batteries included"?) come with the tools needed to install >> third-party packages? Have we stumbled into some messy political turf >> battle over installer philosophies, or is this just an oversight? >> >> Thanks, and sorry for the rant, but this Achilles heel in Python is >> pretty frustrating. >> > _______________________________________________ ActivePython mailing list ActivePython@listserv.ActiveState.com To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs Other options: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/ActivePython
