How to run easy_install in cygwin?

Question

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?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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).

Answer 3

Easy Install is a python module (easy_install) bundled with setuptools, which can be found here: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools . You must install setuptools by yourself.

• If you want to install it into windows python than use setuptools install script from cmd shell or use MS Windows installer

• If you need python with setuptools to work within cygwin than:

  • use cygwin's own python (you can install one using cygwin's setup.exe)
  • use setuptools source

Answer 4

In addition to installing setuptools (as described in other answers), you also need to make sure C:\Python25\Scripts is in your PATH.