Dear Programmers,
I downloaded Peazip, which doesn't remove file/ folder hierarchy. I unzipped it
and input the same code to the console and it installed Beautiful Soup 4 okay
re:-
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Microsoft Windows [Version
Dear Programmers,
As anticipated, it has not been to long before I have encountered further
difficulty. At the top of page 16 of 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup it
gives code to be input, whether to the Python or Windows command prompt I am
not
sure, but both seem to be resistant to
Dear Programmers, I noticed a couple of typos in my previous message, so have
now altered them thus :-
Dear Programmers,
As anticipated, it has not been to long before I have encountered further
difficulty. At the top of page 16 of 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup it
gives code to be
On 05/15/2014 07:30 AM, Simon Evans wrote:
Dear Programmers, I noticed a couple of typos in my previous message, so have
now altered them thus :-
Dear Programmers,
As anticipated, it has not been to long before I have encountered further
difficulty.
Your first thread was about getting
On Thursday, May 15, 2014 4:55:42 PM UTC+5:30, Simon Evans wrote:
Dear Programmers,
As anticipated, it has not been to long before I have encountered further
difficulty. At the top of page 16 of 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup it
gives code to be input, whether to the Python or
I downloaded the get-pip.py file. I installed it to the same folder on my C
drive as the Beautiful Soup one in which the Beautiful Soup 4 downloads was
unzipped to. I changed directory to the folder on the Command Prompt, as you
instructed in step 2. I input the code to the console you gave on
I have input the above code by copy and pasting to the Idle python console, as
the python 2.7 command prompt is fussy about the indentation on the eleventh
line down, if I then indent it, it replies that the indentation is unnecessary
of unexpected, and if I don't it says an indentation is
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Simon Evans
musicalhack...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
c:\Beautiful Souppip install beautifulsoup4
'pip' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
c:\Beautiful Soup
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Simon Evans Again it does not
recognise 'bs4'. I think having used 'Just unzip it' instead of
'WinZip' may have caused this problem, in the first place ,as when I
looked at the WinZip version at a local net café, it did have a folder
hierarchy, however I wanted,
On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 5:33 AM, Ian Kelly ian.g.ke...@gmail.com wrote:
I use 7-zip (www.7-zip.org), which is freely distributed and open source.
You beat me to the punch. :) Was about to say the exact same thing, so
instead I'll second your recommendation.
ChrisA
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I have removed the original Beautiful Soup 4 download, that I had unzipped to
my Beautiful Soup directory on the C drive.
I downloaded the latest version of Beautiful Soup 4 from the Crummy site.
I unzipped it, and removed the contents of the unzipped directory and placed
contents in my
Dear Ian, and other programmers, thank you for your advice.
I am resending the last message because this twattish cut and paste facility on
my computer has a knack of chopping off ones original message, I will try to
convey the right message this time :
I have removed the original Beautiful
On 13/05/2014 12:59, Simon Evans wrote:
I suggest that you follow the instructions here
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4750806/how-to-install-pip-on-windows
to get pip, then let pip do the work for you as that's what it's
designed for :)
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My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our
On 2014-05-13 12:59, Simon Evans wrote:
Dear Ian, and other programmers, thank you for your advice.
I am resending the last message because this twattish cut and paste facility on
my computer has a knack of chopping off ones original message, I will try to
convey the right message this time :
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 5:59 AM, Simon Evans musicalhack...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
I can see no bs4 folder within the contents.
I can not see any setup.py file either, but this is how I downloaded it.
You do have a setup.py in there, but your Windows explorer is showing
it to you without the .py
On 13/05/2014 17:33, Ian Kelly wrote:
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 5:59 AM, Simon Evans musicalhack...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
I can see no bs4 folder within the contents.
I can not see any setup.py file either, but this is how I downloaded it.
You do have a setup.py in there, but your Windows explorer
Hi Ian, thank you for your help.
Yes that is the book by Vineeth J Nair.
At the top of page 12, at step 1 it says :
1.Download the latest tarball from
https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/b/beautifulsoup4/.
So yes, the version the book is dealing with is beautiful soup 4.
I am using Pyhon
The version of Python the book seems to be referring to is 2.7, re: bottom of
page 10-
'Pick the Path variable and add the following section to the Path variable:
;C:\PythonXY for example C:\Python 27'
The version of Beautiful Soup seems to be Beautiful Soup 4 as at the top of
page 12 it
Thank you for your advice. I did buy a book on Python, 'Hello Python' but the
code in it wouldn't run, so I returned it to the shop for a refund. I am going
to visit the local library to see if they have any books on Python. I am
familiar with Java and Pascal, and looking at a few You tubes on
Dear Ian,
The book does recommend to use Python 2.7 (see bottom line of page 10).
The book also recommends to use Beautiful Soup 4.
You are right that in that I have placed the unzipped BS4 folder within a
folder, and I therefore removed the contents of the inner folder and
transferred them to
I did download the latest version of Beautiful Soup 4 from the download site,
as the book suggested.
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On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Simon Evans
musicalhack...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Dear Ian,
The book does recommend to use Python 2.7 (see bottom line of page 10).
The book also recommends to use Beautiful Soup 4.
You are right that in that I have placed the unzipped BS4 folder within a
Thank you everyone who replied, for your help. Using the command prompt
console, it accepts the first line of code, but doesn't seem to accept the
second line. I have altered it a little, but it is not having any of it, I
quote my console input and output here, as it can probably explain
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:05 AM, Simon Evans musicalhack...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Thank you everyone who replied, for your help. Using the command prompt
console, it accepts the first line of code, but doesn't seem to accept the
second line. I have altered it a little, but it is not having any
Dear Chris Angelico,
Yes, you are right, I did install Python 3.4 as well as 2.7. I have removed
Python 3.4, and input the code you suggested and it looks like it has installed
properly, returning the following code:-
On 2014-05-11 21:03, Simon Evans wrote:
Dear Chris Angelico,
Yes, you are right, I did install Python 3.4 as well as 2.7. I have removed
Python 3.4, and input the code you suggested and it looks like it has installed
properly, returning the following code:-
On 5/11/2014 3:17 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 5:05 AM, Simon Evans musicalhack...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
c:\Beautiful Souppython setup.py install.
There is no need for a standalone Beautiful Soup directory. See below.
File setup.py, line 22
print Unit tests have
I have downloaded Beautiful Soup 3, I am using Python 2.7. I understand from
your message that I ought to use Python 2.6 or Python 3.4 with Beautiful Soup
4, the book I am using 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' is for Beautiful
Soup 4. Therefore I gather I must re-download Beautiful Soup
On 2014-05-11 23:03, Simon Evans wrote:
I have downloaded Beautiful Soup 3, I am using Python 2.7. I understand from
your message that I ought to use Python 2.6 or Python 3.4 with Beautiful Soup
4, the book I am using 'Getting Started with Beautiful Soup' is for Beautiful
Soup 4. Therefore I
Yeah well at no point does the book say to start inputting the code mentioned
in Python command prompt rather than the Windows command prompt, but thank you
for your guidance anyway.
I have downloaded the latest version of Beautiful Soup 4, but am again facing
problems with the second line of
On Monday, May 12, 2014 12:19:24 AM UTC+1, Simon Evans wrote:
Yeah well at no point does the book say to start inputting the code mentioned
in Python command prompt rather than the Windows command prompt, but thank
you for your guidance anyway.
I have downloaded the latest version of
- but wait a moment 'BeautifulSoup4 works with 2.6+ and 3.x'(Terry Reedy) -
doesn't 2.6 + = 2.7, which is what I'm using with BeautifulSoup4.
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On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 5:19 PM, Simon Evans musicalhack...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Yeah well at no point does the book say to start inputting the code mentioned
in Python command prompt rather than the Windows command prompt, but thank
you for your guidance anyway.
I have downloaded the latest
On 5/11/2014 6:03 PM, Simon Evans wrote:
I have downloaded Beautiful Soup 3, I am using Python 2.7. I
understand from your message that I ought to use Python 2.6or Python
3.4 with Beautiful Soup 4,
I wrote BeautifulSoup4 works with 2.6+ and 3.x..
'2.6+' means 2.6 or 2.7. '3.x' should mean 3.1
On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 5:47 PM, Ian Kelly ian.g.ke...@gmail.com wrote:
Also, use Python 3.4 as Terry Reedy suggested, unless the book is
using 2.7 in which case you should probably use the same version as
the book.
Following up on that, if this is the book you are using:
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Terry Reedy tjre...@udel.edu wrote:
Please do not advise people to unnecessarily downgrade to 2.7 ;-).
Simon just needs the proper current version of BeautifulSoup.
BeautifulSoup3 does not work with 3.x.
BeautifulSoup4 works with 2.6+ and 3.x.
On Saturday, May 10, 2014 10:28:18 PM UTC+5:30, Simon Evans wrote:
I am new to Python, but my main interest is to use it to Webscrape.
I guess you've moved on from this specific problem.
However here is some general advice:
To use beautiful soup you need to use python.
To use python you need to
I am new to Python, but my main interest is to use it to Webscrape. I have
downloaded Beautiful Soup, and have followed the instruction in the 'Getting
Started with Beautiful Soup' book, but my Python installations keep returning
errors, so I can't get started. I have unzipped Beautiful Soup to
On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 2:58 AM, Simon Evans musicalhack...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Open up the command line prompt and navigate to the folder where you have
unzipped the folder as follows:
cd Beautiful Soup
python setup python install
This would be the operating system command line, not
On 5/10/2014 1:03 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 2:58 AM, Simon Evans musicalhack...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Open up the command line prompt and navigate to the folder where you have
unzipped the folder as follows:
cd Beautiful Soup
python setup python install
This would be
On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 4:39 AM, Terry Reedy tjre...@udel.edu wrote:
Since you have a space in the name, you'll need quotes:
cd c:\Beautiful Soup
Not for Win 7, at least
C:\Users\Terrycd \program files
C:\Program Files
Huh, good to know.
Unfortunately, Windows leaves command-line
On 05/10/2014 07:23 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
There is a broad
convention that spaces in file names get protected with quotes, though
(for instance, tab completion will put quotes around them), so it's
not complete chaos.
Complete chaos is a pretty good description, especially since MS
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