Hartmut, thanks for reply. However that is not the problem; look: <div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">C:\Documents and Settings\schoenb\My Documents\Downloads>easy_install -U pypubsub</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Searching for pypubsub</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Reading <a href="http://pypi.python.org/simple/pypubsub/">http://pypi.python.org/simple/pypubsub/</a></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Reading <a href="http://pubsub.wiki.sourceforge.net">http://pubsub.wiki.sourceforge.net</a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Reading <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=197063">http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=197063</a></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Reading <a href="http://pubsub.sourceforge.net">http://pubsub.sourceforge.net</a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Reading <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pubsub/files/pubsub/3.1.1b1/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/pubsub/files/pubsub/3.1.1b1/</a></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Reading <a href="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pubsub">http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pubsub</a></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Best match: PyPubSub 3.1.1b1</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Downloading <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pubsub/files/pubsub/3.1.1b1/PyPubSub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg/download">http://sourceforge.net/projects/pubsub/files/pubsub/3.1.1b1/PyPubSub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg/download</a></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Processing download</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">error: Couldn't find a setup script in c:\docume~1\schoenb\locals~1\temp\easy_install-m52ynu\download</font></div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Now the same file, after downloading manually: </div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">C:\Documents and Settings\schoenb\My Documents\Downloads>easy_install "Z:\Documents on Host\PyPubSub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg"</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Processing PyPubSub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">creating c:\python26\lib\site-packages\PyPubSub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Extracting PyPubSub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg to c:\python26\lib\site-packages</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Adding PyPubSub 3.1.1b1 to easy-install.pth file</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Installed c:\python26\lib\site-packages\pypubsub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Processing dependencies for PyPubSub==3.1.1b1</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Finished processing dependencies for PyPubSub==3.1.1b1</font></div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>So easy_install is unable to process what it gets from sourceforge. Again, if I upload that same file to pypi, easy_install will succeed: </div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px">
<div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">C:\Documents and Settings\schoenb\My Documents\Downloads>easy_install <a href="http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.6/P/PyPubSub/PyPubSub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg">http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.6/P/PyPubSub/PyPubSub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg</a></font></div>
</div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Downloading <a href="http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.6/P/PyPubSub/PyPubSub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg">http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.6/P/PyPubSub/PyPubSub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg</a></font></div>
</div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Processing PyPubSub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg</font></div></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">creating c:\python26\lib\site-packages\PyPubSub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg</font></div>
</div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Extracting PyPubSub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg to c:\python26\lib\site-packages</font></div></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Adding PyPubSub 3.1.1b1 to easy-install.pth file</font></div>
</div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1"><br></font></div></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Installed c:\python26\lib\site-packages\pypubsub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg</font></div>
</div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Processing dependencies for PyPubSub==3.1.1b1</font></div></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Finished processing dependencies for PyPubSub==3.1.1b1</font></div>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The following also works: </div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">C:\Documents and Settings\schoenb\My Documents\Downloads>easy_install "<a href="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/pubsub/pubsub/3.1.1b1/PyPubSub-3.1.1b">https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/pubsub/pubsub/3.1.1b1/PyPubSub-3.1.1b</a></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">1-py2.6.egg"</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Downloading <a href="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/pubsub/pubsub/3.1.1b1/PyPubSub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg">https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/pubsub/pubsub/3.1.1b1/PyPubSub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg</a></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Processing PyPubSub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">removing 'c:\python26\lib\site-packages\PyPubSub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg' (and everything under it)</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">creating c:\python26\lib\site-packages\PyPubSub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Extracting PyPubSub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg to c:\python26\lib\site-packages</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">PyPubSub 3.1.1b1 is already the active version in easy-install.pth</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1"><br>
</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Installed c:\python26\lib\site-packages\pypubsub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Processing dependencies for PyPubSub==3.1.1b1</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'courier new', monospace" size="1">Finished processing dependencies for PyPubSub==3.1.1b1</font></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>So again, the main issue is that "easy_install pypubsub" is unable to process what it obtains from <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pubsub/files/pubsub/3.1.1b1/PyPubSub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg/download">http://sourceforge.net/projects/pubsub/files/pubsub/3.1.1b1/PyPubSub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg/download</a>, but it is able to process PyPubSub-3.1.1b1-py2.6.egg when obtained several other ways. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Oliver</div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 7:26 AM, Hartmut Goebel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:h.goebel@goebel-consult.de">h.goebel@goebel-consult.de</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Am 14.12.2011 22:30, schrieb oliver:
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<span>Downloading <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pubsub/files/pubsub/3.1.1b1/PyPubSub-3.1.1b1.win32.zip/download" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/projects/pubsub/files/pubsub/3.1.1b1/PyPubSub-3.1.1b1.win32.zip/download</a></span><br style="font-family:Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:18px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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This file is an egg, but has the wrong extension (.zip). Hus
easy_install thinks, this is a source archive. You need to mkae the
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