 * install MinGW with C++ Compiler option checked
 * add `C:\MinGW\bin` to your PATH
 * in `PYTHONPATH\Lib\distutils`, create a file `distutils.cfg` and add these lines:
```
[build]
compiler=mingw32
```


Even though configuration file solves this problem, it&#39;s not always an option. I had the same issue for my command line installation process and I was not able to change config files on all the machines and python distributions.

This is my solution:

For **mingw32** and packages, which use VC++ as default:

    pip install --global-option build_ext --global-option --compiler=mingw32 &lt;package_zip&gt;

For **Visual C++** on WinPython, which uses mingw32 as default:

    pip install --global-option build_ext --global-option --compiler=msvc &lt;package_zip&gt;



I ran into a problem that I need to access to private field of a class. For example:

    class MyClass 
    {
        private string someString;

        public MyClass( string someStringValue )
        {
            someString = someStringValue;
        }
    }

How can I get the value of someString outside MyClass ?


### Update:
Sorry, I cannot use property here since the the actual production code is protected. I&#39;m a QA/Dev, I need a way to get those private for writing User Acceptance Test. So I cannot change production code. Can you help? 


How to get the value of private field using reflection?

&gt; **Possible Duplicate:**  
&gt; [How to determine if a number is a prime with regex?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2795065/how-to-determine-if-a-number-is-a-prime-with-regex)  

&lt;!-- End of automatically inserted text --&gt;

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.noulakaz.net/weblog/2007/03/18/a-regular-expression-to-check-for-prime-numbers/&quot;&gt;This page&lt;/a&gt; claims that this regular expression discovers non-prime numbers (and by counter-example: primes):

    /^1?$|^(11+?)\1+$/

How does this find primes?

How does this regex find primes?

I configured MinGW and distutils so now I can compile extensions using this command:

    setup.py install

MinGW&#39;s gcc compiler will be used and package will be installed. For that I installed MinGW and [created distutils.cfg](https://docs.python.org/2/install/#location-and-names-of-config-files) file with following content:

    [build]
    compiler = mingw32

It&#39;s cool but now I&#39;d like to use all pip benefits. Is there a way to use the same MinGW&#39;s gcc compiler in pip? So that when I run this:

    pip install &lt;package name&gt;

pip will use MinGW&#39;s gcc compiler and compile C code if needed?

Currently I get this error: `Unable to find vcvarsall.bat`. Seems pip doesn&#39;t know that I have gcc compiler. How can I configure pip to use gcc compiler?

How to use MinGW&#39;s gcc compiler when installing Python package using Pip?

I configured MinGW and distutils so now I can compile extensions using this command:
<pre><code class="hljs language-arduino">setup.py install
</code></pre>
MinGW's gcc compiler will be used and package will be installed. For that I installed MinGW and <a href="https://docs.python.org/2/install/#location-and-names-of-config-files" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">created distutils.cfg</a> file with following content:
<pre><code class="hljs language-ini">[build]
compiler = mingw32
</code></pre>
It's cool but now I'd like to use all pip benefits. Is there a way to use the same MinGW's gcc compiler in pip? So that when I run this:
<pre><code class="hljs language-go">pip install &#x3C;package name>
</code></pre>
pip will use MinGW's gcc compiler and compile C code if needed?
Currently I get this error: <code>Unable to find vcvarsall.bat</code>. Seems pip doesn't know that I have gcc compiler. How can I configure pip to use gcc compiler?

I have been programming using Python for slightly more than half an year now and I am more interested in Python internals rather than using Python to develop applications. Currently I am working on porting a few libraries from Python2 to Python3. However, I have a rather abstract view on how to make port stuff over from Python2 to Python3 as most of the changes deal with design issues in Python2.x

I&#39;d like to learn more about Python internals; should I go for a top-down or a bottom-up approach? Are there any references you could recommend?

How can I learn more about Python’s internals?

I&#39;m trying to understand the python compiler/interpreter process more clearly. Unfortunately, I have not taken a class in interpreters nor have I read much about them.

Basically, what I understand right now is that Python code from `.py` files is first compiled into python bytecode (which I assume are the `.pyc` files I see occasionally?). Next, the bytecode is compiled into machine code, a language the processor actually understands.
Pretty much, I&#39;ve read this thread https://stackoverflow.com/questions/888100/why-python-compile-the-source-to-bytecode-before-interpreting

Could somebody give me a good explanation of the whole process keeping in mind that my knowledge of compilers/interpreters is almost non-existent? Or, if that&#39;s not possible, maybe give me some resources that give quick overviews of compilers/interpreters?

Thanks

Python Compilation/Interpretation Process

    db = sqlite.connect(&quot;test.sqlite&quot;)
    res = db.execute(&quot;select * from table&quot;)

With iteration I get lists coresponding to the rows.

    for row in res:
        print row

I can get name of the columns

    col_name_list = [tuple[0] for tuple in res.description]

But is there some function or setting to get dictionaries instead of list?

    {&#39;col1&#39;: &#39;value&#39;, &#39;col2&#39;: &#39;value&#39;}

or I have to do myself?

How can I get dict from sqlite query?

I want to run a django update through the ORM that looks something like this:

    MyModel.objects.filter(**kwargs).update(my_field=F(&#39;my_other_field&#39;)+&#39;a string&#39;)

This causes MySQL to throw an exception. Is there anyway to do this without writing raw SQL?


Can I use Django F() objects with string concatenation?

How can I get the task_id value for a task from within the task? Here&#39;s my code:

    from celery.decorators import task
    from django.core.cache import cache
    
    @task
    def do_job(path):
        &quot;Performs an operation on a file&quot;
        
        # ... Code to perform the operation ...
        
        cache.set(current_task_id, operation_results)
    
The idea is that when I create a new instance of the task, I retrieve the `task_id` from the  task object. I then use the task id to determine whether the task has completed. I **don&#39;t** want to keep track of the task by the `path` value because the file is &quot;cleaned up&quot; after the task completes, and may or may not exist.

In the above example, how would I get the value of `current_task_id`?

Celery - Get task id for current task

I am reading about the charater set and encodings on Windows. I noticed that there are two compiler flags in Visual Studio compiler (for C++) called MBCS and UNICODE. What is the difference between them ? What I am not getting is how UTF-8 is conceptually different from a MBCS encoding ? Also, I found the following quote in [MSDN][1]:

&gt; Unicode is a 16-bit character encoding

This negates whatever I read about the Unicode. I thought unicode can be encoded with different encodings such as UTF-8 and UTF-16. Can somebody shed some more light on this confusion?


  [1]: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cwe8bzh0%28VS.80%29.aspx

Difference between MBCS and UTF-8 on Windows

I&#39;m using MongoDB in a reporting system and have to delete a whole bunch of test documents.  While I don&#39;t have too much trouble using the JSON-based command-line tools, it gets extremely tedious to have to keep searching for documents, copy-and-pasting OIDs, etc., *especially* from a command prompt window (ever tried to &quot;mark&quot; text that wraps multiple lines?)

How can I visually inspect the databases and collections, perform some simple CRUD tasks and manage multiple scripts in a proper window (not a command prompt)?

Visually managing MongoDB documents and collections

I am using gVim 7.2 on Windows 7. I can set the gui font as Consolas 10 (font size) from the menu. I am trying to set this in `.vimrc` file like below:

    set guifont=Consolas\ 10

But it doesn&#39;t work. Does anyone know how to set this?

set gvim font in .vimrc file

I want to write a batch file that performs the following operations: 
 
 * Check if a service is running  
  * If is it running, quit the batch  
  * If it is not running, start the service  

The code samples I googled so far turned out not to be working, so I decided not to post them. 

Starting a service is done by:

    net start &quot;SERVICENAME&quot;

1. How can I check if a service is running, and how to make an if statement in a batchfile?  
2. I&#39;m a bit confused. What is the argument I have to pass onto the net start? The service name or its display name?

How to check if a service is running via batch file and start it, if it is not running?

How can I change the Java Runtime Version on Windows.

I installed Java&amp;nbsp;7 for some tests, and now I need the old java6 as system default, but I don&#39;t want to uninstall the Java&amp;nbsp;7 (I need it for later tests). Can I change the system-used [JRE][1] in the control panel/Java/JRE tab? I can change/edit/add/delete the user-used version, but not the system-used.

  [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_virtual_machine


How can I change the Java Runtime Version on Windows (7)?

I am getting this error whenever I try to run GCC outside of its installation directory (`E:\MinGW\bin`). 

So, let&#39;s say I am in `E:\code` and have a file called `one.c`. Running:
`gcc one.c -o one.exe` will give me this error:

    gcc: CreateProcess: No such file or directory

The only workaround is to navigate to its installation directory, run gcc from there, and specify all the other paths. My environmental variable `Path` contains `E:\MinGW\bin`.

Any suggestions to fixing this problem? I am running Windows XP SP3.

CreateProcess: No such file or directory

I am currently trying to get CMake to run on my Windows 7 (64-bit) system. I want to compile [TagLib][1] for later use with a Qt application I am working on. I would like to compile it with MinGW (not Visual C++ as in [this other question][2]).

I download the installer (cmake-2.8.3-win32-x86.exe) and install it (I also opt to add CMake to my path). I then go to the directory why the CMakeLists.txt file is and run `cmake .`. It then gives me this giant error.


    C:\Users\Joel\Downloads\taglib-1.6.3&gt;cmake .
    CMake Warning at CMakeLists.txt:1 (project):
      To use the NMake generator, cmake must be run from a shell that can use the
      compiler cl from the command line.  This environment does not contain
      INCLUDE, LIB, or LIBPATH, and these must be set for the cl compiler to
      work.
    
    
    -- The C compiler identification is unknown
    -- The CXX compiler identification is unknown
    CMake Warning at C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/Platform/Windows-cl.cmake:
    28 (ENABLE_LANGUAGE):
      To use the NMake generator, cmake must be run from a shell that can use the
      compiler cl from the command line.  This environment does not contain
      INCLUDE, LIB, or LIBPATH, and these must be set for the cl compiler to
      work.
    Call Stack (most recent call first):
      C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeCInformation.cmake:60 (INCLUDE)
      CMakeLists.txt:1 (project)
    
    
    CMake Error: your RC compiler: &quot;CMAKE_RC_COMPILER-NOTFOUND&quot; was not found.   Please set CMAKE_RC_COM
    PILER to a valid compiler path or name.
    -- Check for CL compiler version
    -- Check for CL compiler version - failed
    -- Check if this is a free VC compiler
    -- Check if this is a free VC compiler - yes
    -- Using FREE VC TOOLS, NO DEBUG available
    -- Check for working C compiler: cl
    CMake Warning at CMakeLists.txt:2 (PROJECT):
      To use the NMake generator, cmake must be run from a shell that can use the
      compiler cl from the command line.  This environment does not contain
      INCLUDE, LIB, or LIBPATH, and these must be set for the cl compiler to
      work.
    
    
    CMake Warning at C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/Platform/Windows-cl.cmake:
    28 (ENABLE_LANGUAGE):
      To use the NMake generator, cmake must be run from a shell that can use the
      compiler cl from the command line.  This environment does not contain
      INCLUDE, LIB, or LIBPATH, and these must be set for the cl compiler to
      work.
    Call Stack (most recent call first):
      C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeCInformation.cmake:60 (INCLUDE)
      CMakeLists.txt:2 (PROJECT)
    
    
    CMake Error at C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeRCInformation.cmake:22
    (GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT):
      get_filename_component called with incorrect number of arguments
    Call Stack (most recent call first):
      C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/Platform/Windows-cl.cmake:28 (ENABLE_LANG
    UAGE)
      C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeCInformation.cmake:60 (INCLUDE)
      CMakeLists.txt:2 (PROJECT)
    
    
    CMake Error: CMAKE_RC_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage
    CMake Error: your C compiler: &quot;cl&quot; was not found.   Please set CMAKE_C_COMPILER to a valid compiler
    path or name.
    CMake Error: Internal CMake error, TryCompile configure of cmake failed
    -- Check for working C compiler: cl -- broken
    CMake Error at C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:52
    (MESSAGE):
      The C compiler &quot;cl&quot; is not able to compile a simple test program.
    
      It fails with the following output:
    
    
    
    
    
      CMake will not be able to correctly generate this project.
    Call Stack (most recent call first):
      CMakeLists.txt:1 (project)
    
    
    CMake Error: your C compiler: &quot;cl&quot; was not found.   Please set CMAKE_C_COMPILER to a valid compiler
    path or name.
    CMake Error: your CXX compiler: &quot;cl&quot; was not found.   Please set CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to a valid compi
    ler path or name.
    -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
    
    C:\Users\Joel\Downloads\taglib-1.6.3&gt;

I was kind of surprised that it failed so hard out of the box, considering it advertises itself as a cross-platform make.

I tried setting INCLUDE, LIB, and LIBPATH (Windows environment variables) all to my MinGW binaries directory (C:\MinGW\bin) but it&#39;s still giving me the same error. I also tried setting CMAKE_C_COMPILER and CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to the location of g++ (C:\MinGW\bin\g++).

Does anyone know what&#39;s going on here?

**SOLUTION:**

Per tibur&#39;s suggestion, I ran the cmake GUI to create the make files.
I then went into the directory taglib directory and ran `mingw32-make.exe` to do the actual build.

  [1]: http://developer.kde.org/~wheeler/taglib.html
  [2]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2709108/cmake-doesnt-work-in-windows-xp

Running CMake on Windows

I have created a simple program in C++ with Code::Blocks.

If I run it from Code::Blocks, it works correctly; but if I run it by doubleclicking on the executable file, a window pops up with this message:

&gt; The program can&#39;t start because libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll is missing from your computer.  
Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.

So, what is the problem? What do I have to do to fix it?

The program can&#39;t start because libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll is missing

I&#39;m using a lot of `qDebug() &lt;&lt;` statements for debug output. Is there any cross-platform way I can redirect that debug output to a file, without resorting to shell scripts? I&#39;m guessing that [open()][1] and [dup2()][2] will do the job in Linux, but will it work compiled with MinGW in Windows?

And maybe there is a Qt way to do it?


  [1]: http://opennet.ru/man.shtml?topic=open&amp;category=2&amp;russian=0
  [2]: http://opennet.ru/man.shtml?topic=dup2&amp;category=2&amp;russian=0

How to redirect qDebug, qWarning, qCritical etc output?

I&#39;m trying to compile a python extension with cython in win 7 64-bit using mingw (64-bit).  
I&#39;m working with Python 2.6 (Active Python 2.6.6) and with the adequate distutils.cfg file (setting mingw as the compiler)


When executing

    &gt; C:\Python26\programas\Cython&gt;python setup.py build_ext --inplace

I get an error saying that gcc has not an -mno-cygwin option:

    &gt; C:\Python26\programas\Cython&gt;python setup.py build_ext --inplace
    running build_ext
    skipping &#39;hello2.c&#39; Cython extension (up-to-date)
    building &#39;hello2&#39; extension
    C:\mingw\bin\gcc.exe -mno-cygwin -mdll -O -Wall -IC:\Python26\include -IC:\Python26\PC -c hello2.c -o build\temp.win-amd64-2.6\Release\hello2.o
    gcc: error: unrecognized command line option &#39;-mno-cygwin&#39;
    error: command &#39;gcc&#39; failed with exit status 1


gcc is:

    C:\&gt;gcc --version
    gcc (GCC) 4.7.0 20110430 (experimental)
    Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

How could I fix it?




Compiling with cython and mingw produces gcc: error: unrecognized command line option &#39;-mno-cygwin&#39;

`pip install --upgrade pip` doesn&#39;t work because the windows FS is brain damaged and won&#39;t let you delete an open file.

I&#39;ve tried setting my environment to the virtualenv that I want to update and then running from a different pip, but that fails with:

    (jm) E:\python\jm&gt;c:\Python26\Scripts\pip install --upgrade pip
    Downloading/unpacking pip
      Running setup.py egg_info for package pip
        warning: no previously-included files matching &#39;*.txt&#39; found under directory &#39;docs\_build&#39;
        no previously-included directories found matching &#39;docs\_build\_sources&#39;
    Installing collected packages: pip
      Found existing installation: pip 0.7.1
        Uninstalling pip:
          Successfully uninstalled pip
      Running setup.py install for pip
        warning: no previously-included files matching &#39;*.txt&#39; found under directory &#39;docs\_build&#39;
        no previously-included directories found matching &#39;docs\_build\_sources&#39;
        Installing pip-script.py script to c:\Python26\Scripts
        Installing pip.exe script to c:\Python26\Scripts
        Installing pip.exe.manifest script to c:\Python26\Scripts
        Installing pip-2.6-script.py script to c:\Python26\Scripts
        Installing pip-2.6.exe script to c:\Python26\Scripts
        Installing pip-2.6.exe.manifest script to c:\Python26\Scripts
    Exception:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File &quot;c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\pip-0.7.1-py2.6.egg\pip\basecommand.py&quot;, line 120, in main
      File &quot;c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\pip-0.7.1-py2.6.egg\pip\commands\install.py&quot;, line 165, in run
      File &quot;c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\pip-0.7.1-py2.6.egg\pip\req.py&quot;, line 1251, in install
      File &quot;c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\pip-0.7.1-py2.6.egg\pip\req.py&quot;, line 466, in commit_uninstall
      File &quot;c:\Python26\lib\site-packages\pip-0.7.1-py2.6.egg\pip\req.py&quot;, line 1549, in commit
      File &quot;c:\Python26\lib\shutil.py&quot;, line 216, in rmtree
        rmtree(fullname, ignore_errors, onerror)
      File &quot;c:\Python26\lib\shutil.py&quot;, line 216, in rmtree
        rmtree(fullname, ignore_errors, onerror)
      File &quot;c:\Python26\lib\shutil.py&quot;, line 221, in rmtree
        onerror(os.remove, fullname, sys.exc_info())
      File &quot;c:\Python26\lib\shutil.py&quot;, line 219, in rmtree
        os.remove(fullname)
    WindowsError: [Error 5] Access is denied: &#39;c:\\users\\mark\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-gvsove-uninstall\\python26\\scripts\\pip.exe&#39;
    
    Storing complete log in C:\Users\mark\AppData\Roaming\pip\pip.log
    
    (jm) E:\python\jm&gt;dir c:\Users\mark\AppData\Local\temp\pip-gvsove-uninstall\python26\scripts
     Volume in drive C has no label.
     Volume Serial Number is 74E4-FE9F
    
     Directory of c:\Users\mark\AppData\Local\temp\pip-gvsove-uninstall\python26\scripts
    
    12/07/2010  11:32 AM    &lt;DIR&gt;          .
    12/07/2010  11:32 AM    &lt;DIR&gt;          ..
    05/14/2010  05:54 PM             7,168 pip.exe
                   1 File(s)          7,168 bytes
                   2 Dir(s)  22,824,603,648 bytes free
    
    (jm) E:\python\jm&gt;del c:\Users\mark\AppData\Local\temp\pip-gvsove-uninstall\python26\scripts\pip.exe
    
I&#39;m hoping someone else has figured out a way around this.  Its no problem on linux....

any idea how to update python PIP on a windows box?

I&#39;m using pip with a requirements file, in a virtualenv, for my Django projects.  I&#39;m trying to upgrade some packages, notably Django itself, and I&#39;m getting an error about source code conflicts:

&gt; Source in `&lt;virtualenv`&gt;/build/Django has version 1.2.3 that conflicts with Django==1.2.4 (from -r requirements/apps.txt (line 3))


That&#39;s after updating the version number of Django from 1.2.3 to 1.2.4 in my requirements file.  I&#39;m using this command to actually do the upgrade:

    pip --install --upgrade -E `&lt;virtualenv dir`&gt; --requirement `&lt;requirements file`&gt;

I can&#39;t find any flag that triggers a total package re-download.  I even tried running an uninstall command first, and then the install, but no dice. Am I missing something?





How can I upgrade specific packages using pip and a requirements file?

[`pip`][1] is a replacement for [`easy_install`][2]. But should I install `pip` using `easy_install` on Windows? Is there a better way?

  [1]: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/
  [2]: http://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/easy_install.html


How can I install pip on Windows?

I install a lot of the same packages in different [virtualenv][] environments. Is there a way that I can download a package once and then have [pip][] install from a local cache? 

This would reduce download bandwidth and time.

[pip]: http://pip.openplans.org/

[virtualenv]: http://virtualenv.openplans.org/

How do I install from a local cache with pip?

I am trying to install a Python package from a private GitHub repository. For a public repository, I can issue the following command which works fine:

    pip install git+git://github.com/django/django.git

However, if I try this for a private repository:

    pip install git+git://github.com/echweb/echweb-utils.git

I get the following output:

    Downloading/unpacking git+git://github.com/echweb/echweb-utils.git
    Cloning Git repository git://github.com/echweb/echweb-utils.git to /var/folders/cB/cB85g9P7HM4jcPn7nrvWRU+++TI/-Tmp-/pip-VRsIoo-build
    Complete output from command /usr/local/bin/git clone git://github.com/echweb/echweb-utils.git /var/folders/cB/cB85g9P7HM4jcPn7nrvWRU+++TI/-Tmp-/pip-VRsIoo-build:
    fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

    Cloning into /var/folders/cB/cB85g9P7HM4jcPn7nrvWRU+++TI/-Tmp-/pip-VRsIoo-build...

    ----------------------------------------
    Command /usr/local/bin/git clone git://github.com/echweb/echweb-utils.git /var/folders/cB/cB85g9P7HM4jcPn7nrvWRU+++TI/-Tmp-/pip-VRsIoo-build failed with error code 128

I guess this is because I am trying to access a private repository without providing any authentication. I therefore tried to use Git + `ssh` hoping that pip would use my SSH public key to authenticate:

    pip install git+ssh://github.com/echweb/echweb-utils.git

This gives the following output:

    Downloading/unpacking git+ssh://github.com/echweb/echweb-utils.git
    Cloning Git repository ssh://github.com/echweb/echweb-utils.git to /var/folders/cB/cB85g9P7HM4jcPn7nrvWRU+++TI/-Tmp-/pip-DQB8s4-build
    Complete output from command /usr/local/bin/git clone ssh://github.com/echweb/echweb-utils.git /var/folders/cB/cB85g9P7HM4jcPn7nrvWRU+++TI/-Tmp-/pip-DQB8s4-build:
    Cloning into /var/folders/cB/cB85g9P7HM4jcPn7nrvWRU+++TI/-Tmp-/pip-DQB8s4-build...

    Permission denied (publickey).

    fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

    ----------------------------------------
    Command /usr/local/bin/git clone ssh://github.com/echweb/echweb-utils.git /var/folders/cB/cB85g9P7HM4jcPn7nrvWRU+++TI/-Tmp-/pip-DQB8s4-build failed with error code 128

Is what I am trying to achieve even possible? If so, how can I do it?




Is it possible to use pip to install a package from a private GitHub repository?

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?

Here&#39;s my stripped-down setup.py script with non-code stuff removed:


    #!/usr/bin/env python
    
    from distutils.core import setup
    from whyteboard.misc import meta
    
    
    setup(
        name = &#39;Whyteboard&#39;,
        version = meta.version,

        packages = [&#39;whyteboard&#39;, &#39;whyteboard.gui&#39;, &#39;whyteboard.lib&#39;, &#39;whyteboard.lib.pubsub&#39;,
                    &#39;whyteboard.lib.pubsub.core&#39;, &#39;whyteboard.lib.pubsub.utils&#39;, &#39;whyteboard.misc&#39;],
    
        py_modules = [&#39;whyteboard&#39;],
        scripts = [&#39;whyteboard.py&#39;],
    )





MANIFEST.in:

    include *.txt
    include whyteboard-help/*.*
    recursive-include locale *.mo
    recursive-include images *.png


When I run &quot;python setup.py install sdist&quot; I get a nice .tar.gz with a &quot;whyteboard-0.41&quot; root folder, with my locale/ images/ and whyteboard-help/ folders inside. This also has my whyteboard.py script that launches my program from inside the whyteboard source package.

So:

    whyteboard/
     ├── locale/
     ├── images
     ├── whyteboard-help/
     ├── whyteboard/
     │  ├── __init__.py
     │  └── other packages etc
     ├── whyteboard.py
     ├── README
     ├── setup.py
     └── CHANGELOG

This mirrors the source of my program, is how everything should be, and is correct.


However when I run &quot;python setup.py install&quot; none of my data files are written - only the &quot;whyteboard&quot; source package, and the whyteboard.py is placed in /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/.

Ideally, I&#39;d like the same directory structure as what&#39;s been generated in the .tar.gz file to be created in dist-packages, as this is how my program expects to look for its resources. 

How can I get &quot;install&quot; to create this directory structure? It seems to be ignoring my manifest file, as far as I can tell.


MANIFEST.in ignored on &quot;python setup.py install&quot; - no data files installed?

When I run

      python setup.py sdist

it creates an sdist in my ./dist directory. This includes a &quot;PROJECT-egg.info&quot; file in the zip inside my &quot;dist&quot; folder, which I don&#39;t use, but it doesn&#39;t hurt me, so I just ignore it.

My question is why does it *also* create a &quot;PROJECT-egg.info&quot; folder in my project root directory? Can I make it stop creating this? If not, can I just delete it immediately after creating the sdist?

I&#39;m using the &#39;setup&#39; function imported from setuptools.
WindowsXP, Python2.7, Setuptools 0.6c11, Distribute 0.6.14.

My setup config looks like:

    {&#39;author&#39;: &#39;Jonathan Hartley&#39;,
     &#39;author_email&#39;: &#39;tartley@tartley.com&#39;,
     &#39;classifiers&#39;: [&#39;Development Status :: 1 - Planning&#39;,
                     &#39;Intended Audience :: Developers&#39;,
                     &#39;License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License&#39;,
                     &#39;Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows&#39;,
                     &#39;Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7&#39;],
     &#39;console&#39;: [{&#39;script&#39;: &#39;demo.py&#39;}],
     &#39;data_files&#39;: [(&#39;Microsoft.VC90.CRT&#39;,
                     [&#39;..\\lib\\Microsoft.VC90.CRT\\Microsoft.VC90.CRT.manifest&#39;,
                      &#39;..\\lib\\Microsoft.VC90.CRT\\msvcr90.dll&#39;])],
     &#39;description&#39;: &#39;Utilities for games and OpenGL graphics, built around Pyglet.\n&#39;,
     &#39;keywords&#39;: &#39;&#39;,
     &#39;license&#39;: &#39;BSD&#39;,
     &#39;long_description&#39;: &quot;blah blah blah&quot;,
     &#39;name&#39;: &#39;pygpen&#39;,
     &#39;options&#39;: {&#39;py2exe&#39;: {&#39;ascii&#39;: True,
                            &#39;bundle_files&#39;: 1,
                            &#39;dist_dir&#39;: &#39;dist/pygpen-0.1-windows&#39;,
                            &#39;dll_excludes&#39;: [],
                            &#39;excludes&#39;: [&#39;_imaging_gif&#39;,
                                         &#39;_scproxy&#39;,
                                         &#39;clr&#39;,
                                         &#39;dummy.Process&#39;,
                                         &#39;email&#39;,
                                         &#39;email.base64mime&#39;,
                                         &#39;email.utils&#39;,
                                         &#39;email.Utils&#39;,
                                         &#39;ICCProfile&#39;,
                                         &#39;Image&#39;,
                                         &#39;IronPythonConsole&#39;,
                                         &#39;modes.editingmodes&#39;,
                                         &#39;startup&#39;,
                                         &#39;System&#39;,
                                         &#39;System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard&#39;,
                                         &#39;_hashlib&#39;,
                                         &#39;_imaging&#39;,
                                         &#39;_multiprocessing&#39;,
                                         &#39;_ssl&#39;,
                                         &#39;_socket&#39;,
                                         &#39;bz2&#39;,
                                         &#39;pyexpat&#39;,
                                         &#39;pyreadline&#39;,
                                         &#39;select&#39;,
                                         &#39;win32api&#39;,
                                         &#39;win32pipe&#39;,
                                         &#39;calendar&#39;,
                                         &#39;cookielib&#39;,
                                         &#39;difflib&#39;,
                                         &#39;doctest&#39;,
                                         &#39;locale&#39;,
                                         &#39;optparse&#39;,
                                         &#39;pdb&#39;,
                                         &#39;pickle&#39;,
                                         &#39;pyglet.window.xlib&#39;,
                                         &#39;pyglet.window.carbon&#39;,
                                         &#39;pyglet.window.carbon.constants&#39;,
                                         &#39;pyglet.window.carbon.types&#39;,
                                         &#39;subprocess&#39;,
                                         &#39;tarfile&#39;,
                                         &#39;threading&#39;,
                                         &#39;unittest&#39;,
                                         &#39;urllib&#39;,
                                         &#39;urllib2&#39;,
                                         &#39;win32con&#39;,
                                         &#39;zipfile&#39;],
                            &#39;optimize&#39;: 2}},
     &#39;packages&#39;: [&#39;pygpen&#39;],
     &#39;scripts&#39;: [&#39;demo.py&#39;],
     &#39;url&#39;: &#39;http://code.google.com/p/edpath/&#39;,
     &#39;version&#39;: &#39;0.1&#39;,
     &#39;zipfile&#39;: None}

Why does &quot;python setup.py sdist&quot; create unwanted &quot;PROJECT-egg.info&quot; in project root directory?

I just got some space on a VPS server(running on ubuntu 8.04), and I&#39;m trying to install django on it. The server has python 2.5 installed, but I guess its non standard installation. When I run install script for django, I get
  
    amitoj@ninja:~/Django-1.2.1$ python setup.py install
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File &quot;setup.py&quot;, line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
        from distutils.core import setup
    ImportError: No module named distutils.core

I&#39;m stumped. All the articles on internet tell me how to install modules using distutils. But how do I get distutils itself? Can anyone point me to the archive for distutils? I looked in /usr/lib/local/python2.5, /usr/lib/python2.5 etc, and as expected there is no distutils to be found. 

how to install python distutils

I was trying to install Python packages a system I recently gained access to. I was trying to take advantage of Python&#39;s relatively new [per user site-packages directory][1], and the new option `--user`. (The option is [currently undocumented][2], however it exists for Python 2.6+; you can see the help by running `python setup.py install --help`.)

When I tried running

    python setup.py install --user

on any package I downloaded, I always got the following error:

    error: can&#39;t combine user with with prefix/exec_prefix/home or install_(plat)base

The error was extremely perplexing because, as you can see, I wasn&#39;t providing the `--prefix`, `--exec-prefix`, `--install-base`, or `--install-platbase` flags as command line options. I wasted a lot of time trying to figure out what the problem was. I document my answer below, in hopes to spare some other poor soul a few hours of [yak shaving][3].


  [1]: http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/2.6.html#pep-370-per-user-site-packages-directory
  [2]: http://bugs.python.org/issue10745
  [3]: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yak_shaving

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