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Python on windows sucks. This helps.
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Proper Python in Windows

Prerequisites:

  • Python2.7 (x86) from Python.org
  • Microsoft Visual Studio

Step 1: Install Distribute & Pip

Distribute is a fantastic drop-in replacment for easy_install and setuptools. It allows you to install and manage python packages from PyPi, amongst a few other sources.

To install it, run the python script available here: http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py

Make sure that C:\Python27\, and C:\Python27\Scripts are in your PATH.

easy_install is considered by many to be a deprecated system, so we will install it's replacment: pip. Pip allows for uninstallation of packages, and is actively maintained, unlike setuptool's easy_install.

To install pip, simply run:

easy_install pip
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wow windows, i thought you used a mac . :D

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Of course I do. But others don't.

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