I attempted to follow instructions from "Dive into Python" to install the SOAP package. The first step went ok.
The second step is not yet accomplished. 12.2.2. Installing fpconst The second library you need is fpconst, a set of constants and functions for working with IEEE754 double-precision special values. This provides support for the special values Not-a-Number (NaN), Positive Infinity (Inf), and Negative Infinity (-Inf), which are part of the SOAP datatype specification. Procedure 12.2. Here is the procedure for installing fpconst: The download of fpconst failed because Download the latest version of fpconst from http://www.analytics.washington.edu/statcomp/projects/rzope/fpconst/ timed out while attempting to reach the web page. Is this the only site that has this second step of programs. Has it moved? Should I keep on trying the same site? *********** 1. There are two downloads available, one in .tar.gz format, the other in .zip format. If you are using Windows, download the .zip file; otherwise, download the .tar.gz file. 2. Decompress the downloaded file. On Windows XP, you can right-click on the file and choose Extract All; on earlier versions of Windows, you will need a third-party program such as WinZip. On Mac OS X, you can double-click the compressed file to decompress it with Stuffit Expander. 3. 4. Open a command prompt and navigate to the directory where you decompressed the fpconst files. 5. Type python setup.py install to run the installation program. To verify that you installed fpconst correctly, run your Python IDE and check the version number. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor