how to install easy_install

[rusi]

I tried to install easy_install (This is on windows)
I downloaded the executable and ran it. It claimed to have done its
job.

But now when I type easy_install at a cmd prompt I get
easy_install is not a command...

[I guess I am a perennial noob to windows, never being able to
comprehend the PATH lookup logic (or lack of it)]

Another related question: I gather that easy_install is being
superseded by pypi or some such but I cant find the link...

 

[Ian Kelly]

I tried to install easy_install (This is on windows)
I downloaded the executable and ran it. It claimed to have done its
job.

But now when I type easy_install at a cmd prompt I get
easy_install is not a command...

[I guess I am a perennial noob to windows, never being able to
comprehend the PATH lookup logic (or lack of it)]

Another related question: I gather that easy_install is being
superseded by pypi or some such but I cant find the link...

easy_install is part of the setuptools or distribute package. I
assume that one of these is what you installed.

On Windows, the easy_install command is installed into your Python
Scripts directory, which should be something like
"C:\Python27\Tools\Scripts" or "C:\Python25\Scripts" depending on your
Python version. You just need to find that directory and add it to
your PATH.

PyPI is the Python package index. It's a website at
http://pypi.python.org/ -- not a replacement for setuptools or
easy_install, which uses it to look up package metadata. Setuptools
is supposed to be superseded by distribute, which may be what you
heard.

HTH,
Ian

 

[TheSaint]

tried to install easy_install (This is on windows)
I downloaded the executable and ran it. It claimed to have done its
job.

Perhaps, the abit to just click is disordering some easy steps like copy the
script files into the normal place.
Only when there's a particular copy then it's the time to pay attention,
like some executable and/or framework.
In the README.txt should mention these few easy steps