[Distutils] easy_install issues

[PJ Eby]

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Fred G <bayespokerguy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi--
>
> I was having some difficulties installing easy_install.  I was following a
> tutorial that had me on the command prompt typing
> C:/easy_tutorial\ez_setup.py
>
> but in the tutorial this did something else then what my computer did.  For
> me, a notepad file with a python script opened when I did this, instead of
> actually running anything.

Apparently, your computer's python installation is configured to open
.py files in notepad, instead of in Python.  Try typing:

    python ez_setup.py

Instead of just ez_setup.py.