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not sure how to make pip download packages for later installation

*2009.11.13 15:50:10 system python install

these notes are formalized in: startup-python.sh

*2009.09.04 09:57:59 python documentation source install

notes on installing Sphinx from source:

#2009.09.04 09:57:32 charles@context:/media/C/downloads/python/sphinx tar zxvf docutils-0.5.tar.gz

python setup.py install sudo python setup.py install

cd ../pygments/ sudo python setup.py install

cd ../jinja2/ sudo python setup.py install

cd ../sphinx sudo python setup.py install

*2009.09.04 09:46:50 python documentation sphinx source install

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/docutils/docutils-0.5.tar.gz?download
hg clone http://bitbucket.org/birkenfeld/sphinx/
hg clone http://dev.pocoo.org/hg/pygments-main pygments
hg clone http://dev.pocoo.org/hg/jinja2-main jinja2

*2009.08.27 14:24:39 python install offline

make sure /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/bin is in the shell path

*2009.08.27 14:06:57 python install offline

notes for downloading and installing python packages offline have been scattered. creating a new file in topics for these notes:

from /c/system/startup.txt

cd /directory/for/sources sudo easy_install -zmaxd . pylons #sudo easy_install -zmaxd . simplejson

then on offline machine, use: sudo easy_install -f . Pylons

cd /downloads/python/ mkdir sphinx cd /downloads/python/sphinx/ sudo easy_install -zmaxd . sphinx sudo easy_install -f . Sphinx

*2009.06.22 09:08:16 system python install mercurial

notes for this are elsewhere but this is also a good time to install mercurial easy_install mercurial

on Mac OS X this does require Xcode to be up to date (can still download an executable for mac)

*2009.06.22 08:58:19 system python install easy_install

be sure to set up easy_install for the new python instance this can be done by running ez_setup.py available at: | http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py

*2009.03.31 14:31:58 python pylons new_pylons_app install egg

python setup.py develop

*2009.02.04 19:50:06 system python install

nosetests | http://somethingaboutorange.com/mrl/projects/nose/ | sudo easy_install nose

*2009.01.21 10:23:06 system python install virtualenv

If you are on a shared system, Virtual Env may help isolate your Python instance from other Python instances on the system.

*2009.01.21 10:13:12 system python install imaging pil

The other component that you will need to install is the Python Imaging Library (often abbreviated as PIL).

http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/

Binaries for windows are available at the main site. Binary packages are much easier to install than from source.

For Mac OS X you can use ports, or find a binary package like the following: | http://pythonmac.org/packages/py25-fat/index.html | This also requires the 2.5 version of Python from python.org. (The one distributed with Leopard won't work)

also [2009.06.26 13:19:06] after installing the python from python.org, make sure that the python in the default path is using the latest python which python python -V should be 2.5.4

sudo rm /usr/bin/python sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/python /usr/bin/python

sudo rm /usr/bin/pythonw sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/pythonw /usr/bin/pythonw

*2009.01.21 10:01:51 system python install

Python is included with many operating systems.

An easy way to check if your system already has Python is to open up a terminal / command prompt and type:

python -V

for example: python -V Python 2.5.2

If your operating system does not have Python installed, please visit: | http://www.python.org | For more information on downloading and installing Python for your system.