How to install Colorama in Python?

Question

I downloaded the colorama module for python and I double clicked the setup.py. The screen flashed, but when I try to import the module, it always says 'No Module named colorama'

I copied and pasted the folder under 'C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages' and tried to run the setup from there. Same deal. Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks, Mike

Answer 1

Installing with pip is almost always the way to go. It will handle downloading the package for you, as well as any dependencies. If you don't have pip, see http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html

Then

pip install colorama

or

sudo pip install colorama

Ba-boom! Done.