easy_install is a great tool to install python packages

Today, while reading a magazine, I came across a package I wanted to check out – pyExcelerator.

I found the package at sourceforge, version 0.6.3a.

I downloaded the zip file and just before I installed it, I tried out easy_install.

   1: c:\1\sql\nfx>easy_install pyexcelerator

   2: Searching for pyexcelerator

   3: Reading http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/pyexcelerator/

   4: Couldn't find index page for 'pyexcelerator' (maybe misspelled?)

   5: Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while)

   6: Reading http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/

   7: Reading http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/pyExcelerator/0.6.0a

   8: Reading http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/pyexcelerator

   9: Reading http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/pyExcelerator/0.5.3a

  10: Reading http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyexcelerator/

  11: Best match: pyexcelerator 0.6.0a

  12: Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyExcelerator/pyexcelerator

  13: -0.6.0a.zip#md5=df116f024919e129487366729e619928

  14: Processing pyexcelerator-0.6.0a.zip

  15: Running pyExcelerator-0.6.0a\setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir c:\docume~1\siewka

  16: ~1\locals~1\temp\easy_install-gglema\pyExcelerator-0.6.0a\egg-dist-tmp-di0eir

  17: zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...

  18: Adding pyexcelerator 0.6.0a to easy-install.pth file

19:

  20: Installed c:\1programs\python\lib\site-packages\pyexcelerator-0.6.0a-py2.5.egg

  21: Processing dependencies for pyexcelerator

and it was installed.

But it got version 0.6.0 instead of 0.6.3a.

I then tried installing with the zip file :

   1: c:\1\sql\nfx>easy_install e:\download\pyexcelerator-0.6.3a.zip

   2: Processing pyexcelerator-0.6.3a.zip

   3: Running pyExcelerator-0.6.3a\setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir c:\docume~1\siewka

   4: ~1\locals~1\temp\easy_install-atezny\pyExcelerator-0.6.3a\egg-dist-tmp-qdyivy

   5: zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...

   6: Removing pyexcelerator 0.6.0a from easy-install.pth file

   7: Adding pyexcelerator 0.6.3a to easy-install.pth file

8:

   9: Installed c:\1programs\python\lib\site-packages\pyexcelerator-0.6.3a-py2.5.egg

  10: Processing dependencies for pyexcelerator==0.6.3a

and it also installed !!

Wow !! easy_install can install just by my typing

1. easy_install <package name> – and it will search the internet for the package.

2. easy_install <downloaded zip file>

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