[Pythonmac-SIG] [Fwd: Re: [Matplotlib-users] Installation Problems on Mac OS X]

[Bob Ippolito]

On 10/11/06, Christopher Barker <Chris.Barker at noaa.gov> wrote:
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > From: R. Padraic Springuel <R.Springuel at umit.maine.edu>
> > To: Matplotlib User Support <matplotlib-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
> >
> > Oh, and I tried downloading the .egg file to install, but for some
> > reason my Mac wants to open the file with Excel, which is obviously
> > wrong.  How exactly do you use a .egg file as a binary installer?
>
> Which is why it would be nice to have an "egg handler", no matter how
> simple.

$ easy_install url_or_path_to_egg

-bob