John Machin sjmachin at lexicon.net
Wed Feb 28 04:22:47 EST 2007

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On Feb 28, 4:27 pm, "troy.melh... at gmail.com" <troy.melh... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> > Hi Jeremy, that's the problem I'm having. Where should I type that "
> > python setup.py install" ? Once again I'm using Windows system and not
> > Unix. Should I move the file to a specific folder under Python 2.5 and
> > then type  " python setup.py install" in IDLE or Command Line window?
> > I get the error "SyntaxError: invalid syntax" with the word "setup"
>
> hi andy,
>
> you want to run the windows command prompt, which is called "cmd.exe"
> in windows xp.  press the "start menu", then select "run", then type
> "cmd.exe" without the quotes.
>

Hi Troy, Windows users don't really "want" to do that. They'd prefer
to download a Windows installer, and "double-click on it".

http://docs.python.org/dist/postinstallation-script.html

This might save some wear'n'tear on their nervous systems, and
yours :-)

HTH,
John

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