How do I set up Setuptools for Python 2.6 on Windows?

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Is there any way to install Setuptools for Python 2.6 in Windows without having an exe installer?

There isn't one built at the moment, and the maintainer of Setuptools has stated that it will probably be a while before he'll get to it.

Does anyone know of a way to install it anyway?

Lour answered 21/11, 2008 at 16:44 Comment(2)

This question and answers seem to be obsolete. See pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools – Washhouse 15/8, 2013 at 11:16

Downright ancient. See https://mcmap.net/q/12627/-how-do-i-install-pip-on-windows for installing pip. The first half is setuptools, though you might as well install pip while you're at it. – Tolerance 7/11, 2013 at 6:43

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First Option - Online Installation (i.e. remaining connected to the Internet during the entire installation process):

Download setuptools-0.6c9.tar.gz
Use 7-zip to extract it to a folder(directory) outside your Windows Python installation folder
Go the folder (refer step 2) and run ez_setup.py from the corresponding dos (command) prompt
Ensure that your PATH includes the appropriate C:\Python2X\Scripts directory

Second Option:

Download setuptools-0.6c9.tar.gz
Download setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg to a folder(directory) outside your Windows Python installation folder
Use 7-zip to extract ez_setup.py in the same folder as setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg
Go to the corresponding dos prompt and run python ez_setup.py setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg from the command prompt
Ensure that your PATH includes the appropriate C:\Python2X\Scripts directory

Third Option (assuming that you have Visual Studio 2005 or MinGW on your machine)

Download setuptools-0.6c9.tar.gz
Use 7-zip to extract it to a folder(directory) outside your Windows Python installation folder
Go the folder (refer step 2) and run python setup.py install from the corresponding dos (command) prompt

Please provide feedback.

Discontinuation answered 21/11, 2008 at 18:56 Comment(4)

setuptools link is broken? should be pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/0.6c9 – Wiles 9/7, 2009 at 21:45

this is probably the most complete answer I've ever seen on SO. Here's the corrected link: pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools – Nip 4/8, 2009 at 17:39

There has been an update to use python wheels over eggs. Use 7zip to extract the new file and you should still be able to get what you need. – Divorcement 31/3, 2014 at 15:35

on running setup.py getting error ImportError: No module named six.moves – Togliatti 19/3, 2017 at 14:6

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You could download and run http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py. This will download and install setuptools.

[update]

This script no longer works - the version of setuptools the it downloads is not at the URI specified in ez_setup.py -navigate to http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/s/setuptools/ for the latest version - the script also does some md5 checking, I haven't looked into it any further.

Timeless answered 8/1, 2009 at 18:27 Comment(2)

Needless to say that HTTP_PROXY env variable must be set in case of connecting through a proxy – Victim 27/5, 2009 at 10:45

Just to detail a bit: 1. Download peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py 2. Double click it if Python is associated to *.py files, or execute "python ez_setup.py" for the command-prompt for a portable Python for example) 3. Done, typing "easy_install" command should now work. – Robenarobenia 14/1, 2010 at 9:22

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The Nov. 21 answer didn't work for me. I got it working on my 64 bit Vista machine by following the Method 1 instructions, except for Step 3 I typed:

setup.py install

So, in summary, I did:

Download setuptools-0.6c9.tar.gz
Use 7-zip to extract it to a folder (directory) outside your Windows Python installation folder
At a DOS (command) prompt, cd to your the newly created setuptools-0.6c9 folder and type "setup.py install" (without the quotes).
Ensure that your PATH includes the appropriate C:\Python2X\Scripts directory

Sunless answered 23/3, 2009 at 21:37 Comment(1)

I didn't seem to have needed tht PATH thing to install packages later? – Peabody 14/9, 2009 at 13:23

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I'm able to find the EXE doing google,

you can simply download it from following URL, and double click and install....

http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.6/s/setuptools/setuptools-0.6c11.win32-py2.6.exe#md5=1509752c3c2e64b5d0f9589aafe053dc

Homing answered 16/11, 2009 at 5:56 Comment(0)

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I got it working quickly by downloading the source and then running (from the extracted directory):

python.exe setup.py bdist_wininst

That builds dist\setuptools-0.6c9.win32.exe, which is exactly the installer you're looking for.

Circlet answered 19/12, 2008 at 3:15 Comment(0)

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Just installed setuptools as follows:

Downloaded http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/setuptools-0.6c9.tar.gz#md5=3864c01d9c719c8924c455714492295e , and extracted to a folder outside of my Python installation.
command prompt, then cd into that folder.
enter python setup.py install

That will install from the source into your python's site-packages folder and any other steps needed. This was on Windows XP SP2.

Archivist answered 17/4, 2009 at 4:21 Comment(0)

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The "first option" (4 steps: download, extract, run, verify PATH) didn't work on my Windows Server 2008 x64 machine with Python 2.6 32 bit installed, nor did it work on my Vista x64 machine with Python 2.6 32 bit installed.

The "second option (5 steps: download, extract, extract, run, verify PATH) worked on both Windows Server 2008 x64 and on Windows Vista x64.

Thanks a bunch for providing the instructions!

Build answered 1/4, 2009 at 15:32 Comment(0)

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OP option 1 did not work for me.

However doing setup.py install as mentioned by NathanD did do the trick.

Maybe that should become option 1?

Werner

Fluellen answered 22/5, 2009 at 10:59 Comment(0)

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setuptools has been updated in version 0.6c11.

Broadus answered 3/5, 2010 at 0:52 Comment(0)

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The easiest setuptools installation option is to use the pre-packaged Windows Installer.

for 32-bit Python on Windows, the official setuptools page has been updated and has windows installers for Python 2.6 and 2.7:

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools

for 64-bit Python on Windows, setuptools Windows installers are available here:

http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/

Sectionalize answered 20/6, 2011 at 23:45 Comment(0)

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My advice is to wait until Python 2.6.2 to use Python 2.6 on Windows. There are still some bugs that make it less than ideal (this one is particularly nasty). Personally, I wasn't able to get setuptools working totally well on Vista x64 even after installing from source. Under Python 2.5.4, I haven't had any problems though.

Cato answered 23/3, 2009 at 21:49 Comment(0)

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Second option worked for me.

Two notes:

a. After installing, when you using easy_install in vista, do so as administrator. (Right click on your command line shortcut and click "run as administrator"). I had trouble trying to run easy_install without doing that.

b. He means use ez_setup from setuptools-0.6c9.tar.gz

Equable answered 3/5, 2009 at 15:39 Comment(1)

addition: if you can't give the permission. just copy the .py file and easy_install.exe to a temp directory and run it there. – Frisse 11/5, 2010 at 17:54

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Python has everything on board to do this.

from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools#installing-and-using-setuptools I got the URL to the ez_setup.py: https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py

instead downloading it and fiddling with the file we can do this from the console:

import urllib
url = 'https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py'
ezcode = urllib.urlopen(url).read()
exec(ezcode)

Insignificant answered 28/3, 2014 at 19:26 Comment(0)

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ActivePython already includes setuptools (Distribute actually), along with pip and virtualenv.

Prescind answered 20/12, 2009 at 20:0 Comment(0)

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