Installing Basic Python Modules

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I first downloaded Python 3.3 with the purpose of then adding xlrd and xlwt to use with excel. I have been unable to install easy_install, distribute, or either of the above.

This is an error message I get after downloading distribute, extracting it and running distribute_setup.py from IDLE:

Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-0.6.49.tar.gz
Extracting in c:\users\t\appdata\local\temp\tmpecnfj9
Now working in c:\users\t\appdata\local\temp\tmpecnfj9\distribute-0.6.49
Installing Distribute
Something went wrong during the installation.
See the error message above.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python33\Lib\site-packages\distribute-0.6.49\distribute_setup.py", line 556, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
SystemExit: 2

Overall, I am unable to install and use any modules. I assume I am missing a very basic step.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4750806/how-to-install-pip-on-windows Try this. — , Jul 29 '13 at 17:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 30 '13 at 00:48

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In Python 3.3, setuptools replaces distribute. Download and install setuptools and you should be good to go. You might also want to consider installing pip after installing setuptools. Follow the directions for setuptools and pip in pypi.

answered Jul 30 '13 at 00:48

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 04 '15 at 16:44

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Install Python in a drive where you have downloaded the Python Source which is in .msi format or you can change the drive of that source file and then try to install it. Just a simple installation process, nothing typical.

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iamjayp

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 23 '20 at 23:57

No worries. Make sure you have done the following

Ensure that you have python and pip installed and accessible from the command line. Type both of these commands to ensure that you have python and pip3 installed: a. pip3 b. python3 If you got any message telling you that you do not have them installed on your system
Use the pip3 install PACKAGE_NAME_HERE command in your terminal/cmd to install modules/packages
If you get the pip3 command not found error, then type the respective command a)If you are on a mac device, install brew: brew install python3. Then install pip3: brew postinstall python3. Then call pip3 -V to see if it works. b) If you are on a Linux device, use, sudo apt install python3-pip to install pip

Installing Basic Python Modules

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