Pyechonest Installation

Question

I am very new to Python. The first task I was given is to install and run Pyechonest (a Python API to The Echo Nest) to its full effect. The Pyechonest readme instructs me to:

• Use setuptools: easy_install -U pyechonest
• Download the zipfile from the releases page and install it.
• Checkout the source: git clone git://github.com/echonest/pyechonest.git and install it yourself.

I need somebody to step me through the process of configuring my Windows system to the point where I can run this installer. This is all new to me.

I will be very grateful if you could help me somehow. Been on it for three days.

Answer 1

I'll explain the easy_install way, as this will be the easiest for a beginner (like myself), also for modules you'll be wanting to install in the future:

1) get the ez_setup.py file from: https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py and save it at some easy place (let's say: "C:\Users\You\Downloads\ez_setup.py").

2) run that file - I believe you can just double-click it - but I usually run it in command line: open cmd (command prompt) and type the following (directory names may vary depending on your system, but you'll get the point):

C:\Python27\python C:\Users\You\Downloads\ez_setup.py

3) Now you have installed setuptools, and so you now have access to easy_install. To install modules you can now do the following:

C:\Python27\Scrips\easy_install.exe pyechonest

Note: "Python27" can vary depending on your version, change pyechonest with any other module's name supported by easy_install. To all pro's out there, I'm quite a noob myself, so feel free to correct me. I assumed you didn't have anything added to PATH variables, so I used full paths.