On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:45:56 -0800, lostguru wrote: > using easy_install as an example, I downloaded the .py script the > website told me to use for 64-bit installations, and ran it;
"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! > 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 "<pyshell#0>", line 1, in <module> > easy_install > NameError: name 'easy_install' is not defined > > trying to type "easy_install BeautifulSoup4" gives me this: > SyntaxError: invalid syntax 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. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list