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On 21 January 2016 at 16:57, Paxton <paxtongerr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yea, I suppose on second thought, installing to site-packages is a bad > idea.. > that said, when I use the "--to-dir" arg for ez_setup.py (and point it to > a different path) > > command = [get_maya_py_path(), ez_setup.__file__,'--to-dir', > extensions_directory] > p = subprocess.Popen(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, > stderr=subprocess.STDOUT) > > > I still get permissions errors for mayas "site-packages" directory. > shouldn't that override the default site-packages path? > strange.. > > -Paxton > > On Wednesday, 20 January 2016 13:05:08 UTC-8, Paxton wrote: > >> >> >> Hey Folks, >> >> I am trying to download and install setup_tools, easy_install and tinydb >> all from within mayas python interpreter.. >> >> I'm pretty close, but it looks like the system command to run ez-setup.py >> is not downloading the easy_install packages to mayas site_packages >> directory, which is strange because the same command works perfectly in the >> shell.. >> >> So the system call reads like this: >> /Applications/Autodesk/maya2016/Maya.app/Contents/bin/mayapy >> /Users/paxtongerrish/downloads/ez_setup.py >> >> I am pointing mayas python interpreter at ez_setup.py >> >> When i punch this command into the shell, it downloads setup_tools to >> mayas python site_packages directory... Great! :D >> >> However.. I need to have this all happen from inside mayas python >> interpreter and it does not work when called from os.system or >> subprocess.call >> >> Any help super appreciated.. >> >> thanks! >> >> >> import os >> import sys >> import urllib2 >> import subprocess >> >> setup_tools_address = >> 'https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py' >> downloads_directory = '%s/downloads' % os.getenv('HOME') >> >> if not os.path.exists(downloads_directory): >> os.makedirs(downloads_directory) >> >> def setup(): >> url = setup_tools_address >> file_path = '%s/%s' % (downloads_directory, url.split('/')[-1]) >> maya_py = maya_py_path() >> for p in download_url(url, file_path): >> print p >> system_command = '%s %s' % (maya_py, file_path) >> print '----- sys command--- (only works in shell)------\n' >> print system_command >> print '\n----------------------------------------------\n' >> #This system command works from shell, but not from python.... Maybe >> superuser thing?? >> #os.system(system_command) >> #sub process doesnt work either >> >> p = subprocess.Popen(system_command, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE) >> for i in p.stdout.readline(): >> sys.stdout.flush() >> print i >> add_eggs() >> from setuptools.command import easy_install >> easy_install.main(['tinydb']) >> add_eggs() >> import tinydb >> >> def download_url(url, file_path, block_size=2056): >> request = urllib2.urlopen(url) >> file_size = int(request.info()['Content-Length']) >> if not file_path: >> file_path = '%s/%s' % (os.getenv('HOME'), url.split("/")[-1]) >> downloaded_chunk = 0 >> with open(file_path, "wb") as f: >> while downloaded_chunk < file_size: >> chunk = request.read(block_size) >> downloaded_chunk += len(chunk) >> f.write(chunk) >> progress = float(downloaded_chunk) / file_size * 100 >> yield progress >> print("\nDownload Complete.") >> >> def maya_app_path(): >> appName = 'Maya' >> if sys.platform == 'win32': >> appName = 'Maya.exe' >> for p in sys.path: >> app_path = '%s/%s' % (p.replace('\\','/') , appName) >> if os.path.exists(app_path): >> return app_path >> >> def maya_py_path(): >> file_name = 'mayapy' >> if sys.platform == 'win32': >> file_name = 'mayapy.exe' >> return '%s\\%s' % >> (os.path.dirname(maya_app_path().replace('/','\\')), >> file_name.replace('/','\\')) >> return '%s/bin/%s' % (os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(maya_app_path())), >> file_name) >> >> def get_site_packages_directory(): >> for p in sys.path: >> if p.endswith('site-packages'): >> return p >> >> def add_eggs(): >> site_packages_directory = get_site_packages_directory() >> for item in os.listdir(site_packages_directory): >> if item.endswith('.egg'): >> sys.path.append('%s/%s' % (site_packages_directory, item)) >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to python_inside_maya+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/dfdf2b10-5412-4269-b348-cd2e8b93afb5%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/python_inside_maya/dfdf2b10-5412-4269-b348-cd2e8b93afb5%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- *Marcus Ottosson* konstrukt...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Python Programming for Autodesk Maya" group. 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