This seems to get a lot of hits from google, so I thought I&#39;d update for those folks.  I was able to do:

    easy_install --version

which produced the output

    setuptools 3.4.3

I believe this only works for some (newer?) versions of setuptools

One way would be to look at the actual source file for easy_install. Do

    which easy_install

to see where it&#39;s located, and then use that path in

    less path/to/easy_install

The second line in my easy_install script says:

    # EASY-INSTALL-ENTRY-SCRIPT: &#39;setuptools==0.6c11&#39;,&#39;console_scripts&#39;,&#39;easy_install&#39;

which suggests that I have easy_install version 0.6c11.

On Windows, where Python is in the Path:

    python -m easy_install --version

For me, I get
setuptools 7.0
as the response.


Consider an ASP.NET MVC 2 project with VS 2010. The goal is to set the &#39;start URL&#39; on run/debug using VS&#39;s built-in Cassini web server.

Entering the URL as I want to be loaded, in the typical &amp; valid format, `controller/action`, VS 2010 gives this exception.

![alt text][1]

**Tried Remedies:**

* starting the URL with and without a slash
* ending the URL with and without a slash


**Question:** How can you specify the start URL for an MVC 2 project?


**Technologies:**

* Visual Studio 2010 
* ASP.NET MVC 2 



**Resolution:** I was using the wrong field in the startup options. What was needed was the &quot;**Specific Page**&quot; field with the relative URL, and not Start URL.

  [1]: http://i.imgur.com/zq7gC.png

Visual Studio ASP.NET MVC project: setting the start URL

For a simple struct-like class:

    class Tiger
      attr_accessor :name, :num_stripes
    end

what is the correct way to implement equality correctly, to ensure that `==`, `===`, `eql?`, etc work, and so that instances of the class play nicely in sets, hashes, etc.


**EDIT**

Also, what&#39;s a nice way to implement equality when you want to compare based on state that&#39;s not exposed outside the class? For example:

    class Lady
      attr_accessor :name
    
      def initialize(age)
        @age = age
      end
    end

here I&#39;d like my equality method to take @age into account, but the Lady doesn&#39;t expose her age to clients. Would I have to use instance_variable_get in this situation?

What&#39;s the right way to implement equality in ruby

I&#39;m trying to install couchapp, which uses easy_install - and is quite explicit in stating a particular version of easy_install/setuptools is needed: 0.6c6. I seem to have easy_install already on my Mac, but there&#39;s no command-line arguments to check the version. Instead of just installing a new version over the top, I&#39;d like to see whether it&#39;s necessary first.

So: Any pointers on how I can see what version of setuptools/easy_install I have installed on my machine?

I&#39;m not a Python developer, so I&#39;m assuming this is a simple question. However, I&#39;ve not found anything via Google or here on SOF.

Determining version of easy_install/setuptools

I'm trying to install couchapp, which uses easy_install - and is quite explicit in stating a particular version of easy_install/setuptools is needed: 0.6c6. I seem to have easy_install already on my Mac, but there's no command-line arguments to check the version. Instead of just installing a new version over the top, I'd like to see whether it's necessary first.
So: Any pointers on how I can see what version of setuptools/easy_install I have installed on my machine?
I'm not a Python developer, so I'm assuming this is a simple question. However, I've not found anything via Google or here on SOF.

I am new to the Python programming language. I was wondering if it is possible to compile a program to written in Python.

Is it possible to convert Python scripts to some lower level programming languages which then can be compiled to binary code?

A developer who is considering to code in Python might want to keep the possibility open to be able to go for binary distribution later. 

Is it possible to compile a program written in Python?

What is the name of the method to override the `[]` operator (subscript notation) for a class in Python?

How to override the [] operator in Python?

Is there a simple way to iterate over column name and value pairs?

My version of SQLAlchemy is 0.5.6

Here is the sample code where I tried using `dict(row)`:

    import sqlalchemy
    from sqlalchemy import *
    from sqlalchemy.ext.declarative import declarative_base
    from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
    
    print &quot;sqlalchemy version:&quot;,sqlalchemy.__version__ 
    
    engine = create_engine(&#39;sqlite:///:memory:&#39;, echo=False)
    metadata = MetaData()
    users_table = Table(&#39;users&#39;, metadata,
         Column(&#39;id&#39;, Integer, primary_key=True),
         Column(&#39;name&#39;, String),
    )
    metadata.create_all(engine) 
    
    class User(declarative_base()):
        __tablename__ = &#39;users&#39;
        
        id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
        name = Column(String)
        
        def __init__(self, name):
            self.name = name
    
    Session = sessionmaker(bind=engine)
    session = Session()
    
    user1 = User(&quot;anurag&quot;)
    session.add(user1)
    session.commit()
    
    # uncommenting next line throws exception &#39;TypeError: &#39;User&#39; object is not iterable&#39;
    #print dict(user1)
    # this one also throws &#39;TypeError: &#39;User&#39; object is not iterable&#39;
    for u in session.query(User).all():
        print dict(u)

Running this code on my system outputs:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File &quot;untitled-1.py&quot;, line 37, in &lt;module&gt;
        print dict(u)
    TypeError: &#39;User&#39; object is not iterable



How to convert SQLAlchemy row object to a Python dict?

I am trying to do this:

     {% for movie in movie_list | sort(movie.rating) %}

But that&#39;s not right...the documentation is vague...how do you do this in Jinja2?


How do you sort a list in Jinja2?

I have a `Decimal(&#39;3.9&#39;)` as part of an object, and wish to encode this to a JSON string which should look like `{&#39;x&#39;: 3.9}`. I don&#39;t care about precision on the client side, so a float is fine.

Is there a good way to serialize this? JSONDecoder doesn&#39;t accept Decimal objects, and converting to a float beforehand yields `{&#39;x&#39;: 3.8999999999999999}` which is wrong, and will be a big waste of bandwidth.


Python JSON serialize a Decimal object

How could I get the version defined in `setup.py` from my package (for `--version`, or other purposes)?

How can I get the version defined in setup.py (setuptools) in my package?

I want to install some specific version of a package (in this case Django) inside the virtual environment. I can&#39;t figure it out.

I&#39;m on Windows XP, and I created the virtual environment successfully, and I&#39;m able to run it, but how am I supposed to install the Django version I want into it? I mean, I know to use the newly-created `easy_install` script, but how do I make it install Django 1.0.7? If I do `easy_install django`, it will install the latest version. I tried putting the version number `1.0.7` into this command in various ways, but nothing worked.

How do I do this?

How do I install an old version of Django on virtualenv?

A [tweet][1] reads: 

&gt; Don&#39;t use easy_install, unless you
&gt; like stabbing yourself in the face.
&gt; Use pip.

Why use pip over easy_install? Doesn&#39;t the [fault lie with PyPI and package authors mostly][2]? If an author uploads crap source tarball (eg: missing files, no setup.py) to PyPI, then both pip and easy_install will fail. Other than cosmetic differences, why do Python people (like in the above tweet) seem to **strongly** favor pip over easy_install?

(Let&#39;s assume that we&#39;re talking about easy_install from the Distribute package, that is maintained by the community)

  [1]: http://twitter.com/jperras/statuses/18160589493
  [2]: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/catalog-sig/2010-June/002985.html

Why use pip over easy_install?

I&#39;ve just started working with setuptools and virtualenv. My package requires the latest python-gearman that is only available from GitHub. The python-gearman version that&#39;s on PyPI is an old one. The Github source is setuptools-compatible, i.e. has setup.py, etc. Is there a way to make setuptools download and install the new version instead of looking for it on PyPI and installing the old one?

FYI, the new python-gearman is http://github.com/mtai/python-gearman

How can I make setuptools install a package that&#39;s not on PyPI?

Hi I was trying the python packaging using setuptools and to test I installed the module in develop mode.
i.e

    python setup.py develop

This has added my modules directory to sys.path. Now I want to remove the module is there any way to do this?

Thanks in advance

Removing python module installed in develop mode

`python setup.py install` will automatically install packages listed in `requires=[]` using `easy_install`. How do I get it to use `pip` instead?

Can I use `pip` instead of `easy_install` for `python setup.py install` dependency resolution?

When I install PIL using easy_install or buildout it installs in such way, that I must do &#39;import Image&#39;, not &#39;from PIL import Image&#39;.

However, if I do &quot;apt-get install python-imaging&quot; or use &quot;pip -E test_pil install PIL&quot;, all work fine.

Here are examples of how I trying to install PIL using virtualenv:

    # virtualenv --no-site-packages test_pil
    # test_pil/bin/easy_install PIL
    # test_pil/bin/python
    Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Feb  6 2009, 19:02:12) 
    [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5465)] on darwin
    Type &quot;help&quot;, &quot;copyright&quot;, &quot;credits&quot; or &quot;license&quot; for more information.
    &gt;&gt;&gt; import PIL
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File &quot;&lt;stdin&gt;&quot;, line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
    ImportError: No module named PIL

I see, that easy_install pack PIL into the Egg, and PIP does not. Same thing with buildbot, it uses eggs.

How could I install PIL properly, using easy_install or buildout?

The problem with installing PIL using virtualenv or buildout

This is what I tried:

    $ easy_install-2.6 -d /home/user/lib/python2.6 MySQLdb  
    Searching for MySQLdb  
    Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/MySQLdb/  
    Couldn&#39;t find index page for &#39;MySQLdb&#39; (maybe misspelled?)  
    Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while)  
    Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/  
    No local packages or download links found for MySQLdb  
    error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse(&#39;MySQLdb&#39;)  



Why can&#39;t easy_install find MySQLdb?

I&#39;m running Python 2.7 on Windows 7 64-bit, and when I run the installer for setuptools it tells me that Python 2.7 is not installed.  The specific error message is:

    `Python Version 2.7 required which was not found in the registry`

My installed version of Python is:

    `Python 2.7 (r27:82525, Jul  4 2010, 07:43:08) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32`

I&#39;m looking at the setuptools site and it doesn&#39;t mention any installers for 64-bit Windows.  Have I missed something or do I have to install this from source?

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