Error message in Command Prompt when installing module

Question

This is my first attempt at installing an add in for Python. I have extracted the twitter module to a folder within my Python33 directory that I have called 'Plug ins'. I have then navigated to this in Command Prompt and entered the following code that I have found on the Python website:

python setup.py install

That produced an error that 'python' was not a recognised command. When i removed 'python'a nd just ran:

setup.py install

I got the error message:

Import error: No module named 'setuptools'

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Answer 1

You need to install setuptools:

https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools#installing-and-using-setuptools

Basically,

• for Linux:

  wget https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py -O - | python
  

• for Windows 7:

  download and execute this file.

• for Windows 8, execute in PowerShell (as Admin):

  (Invoke-WebRequest https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py).Content | python -