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<DIV>Before I read the instructions, downloaded the tarball to</DIV>
<DIV>c:\temp</DIV>
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<DIV>Extracted files to </DIV>
<DIV>C:\temp\distribute-0.6.25</DIV>
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<DIV>From Dos command window in the C:\temp\distribute-0.6.25 directory issued command python setup.py install</DIV>
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<DIV>Got error "no module named distutils.util", but util.py is in</DIV>
<DIV>C:\Python32\Lib\distutils</DIV>
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<DIV>Frustrating</DIV>
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<DIV>Then I read instructions</DIV>
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<DIV>Downloaded <FONT face="Courier New">distribute_setup.py</FONT> to </DIV>
<DIV>C:\Python32\Lib</DIV>
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<DIV>Ran distribute_setup.py in IDLE, got following message in red, which from my very limited python experience seems to be not good</DIV>
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<DIV>Traceback (most recent call last):<BR> File "C:\temp\distribute-0.6.25\distribute_setup.py", line 494, in <module><BR> main(sys.argv[1:])<BR> File "C:\temp\distribute-0.6.25\distribute_setup.py", line 489, in main<BR> tarball = download_setuptools()<BR> File "C:\temp\distribute-0.6.25\distribute_setup.py", line 192, in download_setuptools<BR> log.warn("Downloading %s", url)<BR> File "C:\Python32\lib\distutils\log.py", line 47, in warn<BR> self._log(WARN, msg, args)<BR> File "C:\Python32\lib\distutils\log.py", line 30, in _log<BR> if stream.errors == 'strict':<BR>AttributeError: errors</DIV>
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<DIV>My ultimate goal is to install beautifulsoup4 to parse webpages. Steps I have been told to follow</DIV>
<DIV> 1) install python 3.2.2 (with msi installer) <BR> 2) install distribute-0.6.24 (with "python setup.py install") <BR> 3) install lxml-2.3-py3.2-win32.egg (with "easy_install lxml-2.3- <BR>py3.2-win32.egg") <BR> 4) install beautifulsoup4-4.0.0b10 (with "easy_install <BR>beautifulsoup4") <BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Step 1 is complete. </DIV>
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<DIV>Step 2, can't seem to get 0.6.24, so tried 0.6.25. Seems I have not succeeded, at least don't seem to be able to use easy_install</DIV>
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<DIV>Any help will be greatly appreciated</DIV>
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