[Distutils] FW: Distributing Python Modules - Error using foo.py in section 2.1 - Corrected

[Michael Delaney]

Greg

     We do not have admin rights for our workstations here.  After I was
able to temporarily obtain admin rights and add python to the Path, your
example works.


Thanks.


>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Michael Delaney  
> Sent:	Friday, September 23, 2005 1:20 PM
> To:	'distutils-sig at python.org'
> Subject:	Distributing Python Modules - Error using foo.py in
> section 2.1
> 
> Greg Ward,
> 
>      I am reading the documentation you wrote titled "Distributing
> Python Modules".  In section 2.1 (A Simple Example), I made a simple
> script named foo.py but I am not able to get it running following the
> steps you provided.  The error I receive is listed below and I have
> attached the files.  I am executing this in a console prompt using
> Windows XP as the Operating System.  Could you please tell me what I
> am doing incorrectly?
> 
> 
> 2.1  A Simple Example
> 
> foo.py
> 
> # A setup script.
> #
> 
> from distutils.core import setup
> setup(name="foo",
>       version="1.0",
>       py_modules=["foo"])
> 
> 
> If all you want to do is distribute a module called foo, contained in
> a file foo.py, 
> then your setup script can be as simple as this:
> 
> from distutils.core import setup
> setup(name="foo",
>       version="1.0",
>       py_modules=["foo"])
> 
> 
> To create a source distribution for this module, you would create a
> setup script,
> Setup.py, containing the above code, and run:
> 
> python setup.py sdist
> 
> 
> 
> The following error is displayed:
> 
> C:\Program Files\Python24>python setup.py
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "setup.py", line 7, in ?
> py_modules=["foo"])
> File "C:\Program Files\Python24\distutils\core.py", line 101,
> in setup _setup_distribution=dist=Klass(attrs)
> File "C:\Program Files\Python24\distutils\dist.py", line 130,
> in __init__settattr(self, method_name, getattr(self.metadata,
> method_name))
> Attribute Error:  Distribution Metadata instance has no attribute
> 'get___doc___'
> 
> 
> 
>  <<foo.py>> 
> 
>  <<setup.py>> 
> 
> 
> Thank you very much for your time.
> 
> Michael Delaney
> Application Programmer
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