How to install SimpleJson Package for Python

Question

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/simplejson

I am just diving into the Python world and want to make a simple twitter application which requires the installation of simplejson but not sure how I can set it up and get it working..

I am on a Windows System

Pianist

Answer 1

I would recommend EasyInstall, a package management application for Python.

Once you've installed EasyInstall, you should be able to go to a command window and type:

easy_install simplejson

This may require putting easy_install.exe on your PATH first, I don't remember if the EasyInstall setup does this for you (something like C:\Python25\Scripts).

Spiritual

pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools#downloads only seems to work with python 2.5? I have 2.6 installed...workarounds? – Pianist

It looks like it's included in Python 2.6. But, many of us still have to use Python 2.5. :-) – Spiritual

Answer 2

Really simple way is:

pip install simplejson

Anaheim

sudo apt-get install python-pip on Ubuntu if you don't already have it – Chatwin

Answer 3

If you have Python 2.6 installed then you already have simplejson - just import json; it's the same thing.

Mentalist

I followed the easy_install simplejson instructions but still had no luck. (Am also trying to install a python twitter client.) So I opened the .py file that was referencing simplejson, changed it to json, and then that worked. :-) – Utrillo

Answer 4

You can import json as simplejson like this:

import json as simplejson

and keep backward compatibility.

Aroma

Assuming the above comment is coming from the 'Late Answers' or 'First Posts' review queue, not realizing this is an answer, not a question... – View

Answer 5

Download the source code, unzip it to and directory, and execute python setup.py install.

Feeze

For Linux, download simplejson-3.XX.X.tar.gz, tar -xvzf simplejson-3.XX.X.tar.gz. – Kinakinabalu