How to run easy_install in cygwin?
I am trying to install some package in cygwin's python, but I'm getting the following error: "easy_install: command not found".
I have tried to run "easy_install.py", the result is also "easy_install.py: command not found". I have tried to search the whole of cygwin's /usr tree for anything named with the prefix "easy", none found.
Am I missing something? AFAIK, easy_install tool should be batteries included in python 2.5. Or is there a package that needs to be installed for that that I missed?
From cygwin prompt, do:
$ wget http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py
$ python ez_setup.py
This will install easy_install on your cygwin.
Easy as py.
easy_install
is part of the setuptools package. This package is provided by cygwin. To install it, rerun the cygwin setup[...].exe installer, and at the package selection step, tick "Python/python-setuptools".
The easy_install script has the version number attached. Instead of running easy_install
, run easy_install-2.7
or easy_install-3.4
(or whatever x.y
version of Python you have installed).