[Distutils] errors trying to get setuptools 2.0.2

[Malik Rumi]

Here is what I did and the response:

c:\>

c:\>ez_setup.py

Downloading


https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/setuptools-2.0.

2.tar.gz

Exception calling "DownloadFile" with "2" argument(s): "An exception


occurred

during a WebClient request."

At line:1 char:1

+ (new-object

System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('https://pypi.python.org/packages


...

+


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


~~~~~~

~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [],


MethodInvocationException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebException


Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "C:\Python27\Scripts\ez_setup.py", line 361, in <module>

    sys.exit(main())

  File "C:\Python27\Scripts\ez_setup.py", line 357, in main

    downloader_factory=options.downloader_factory)

  File "C:\Python27\Scripts\ez_setup.py", line 282, in


download_setuptools

    downloader(url, saveto)

  File "C:\Python27\Scripts\ez_setup.py", line 169, in


download_file_powershell

    _clean_check(cmd, target)

  File "C:\Python27\Scripts\ez_setup.py", line 152, in _clean_check

    subprocess.check_call(cmd)

  File "C:\Python27\lib\subprocess.py", line 511, in check_call

    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)

subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['powershell', '-Command',


"(new-object

System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile


('https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/se

tuptools/setuptools-2.0.2.tar.gz', 'c:\\\\setuptools-2.0.2.tar.gz')"]'


returned

non-zero exit status 1


c:\>

The parts in red were in red in my terminal window. I am on windows 8.1 and
I am brand new. Less than a week ago, I installed Distribute because
someone on Django Google Groups recommended it to me, along with virtualenv
and pip. Then today - well, last night since it was a few hours ago - I
found out Distribute is deprecated. So I am trying to follow the uninstall
instructions but this is what I got. Just for kicks I ran it again just now
- same result. Please help. I took time off from work Thursday and Friday
to get all this set up have been at this all weekend only to be stumped
again. And no, I do not have Django up and running yet. Thank you.
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