Can't install python modules

Question

I have a problem with the following command:

setup.py install.

I know it should work, I have tried it on a laptop but I don't have access to it at the moment. I need to complete a homework so I tried the same on my PC. And when I type the same command into cmd it just runs pyscripter as if I would use right click on setup.py and click edit with pyscripter. It does nothing else. I am sure that I am in the right folder in cmd.

My python version is 2.7 and my pyscripter version is v2.5.3. My OS is win7. I have tried to install other modules but I get the same response.

Has anyone encountered the same problem? I have searched the internet but I haven't found any answers to this problem.

Answer 1

Assuming that you installed Python 2.7 in the default folder i.e. c:\python27, then you can type:

c:\python27\python setup.py install

Wherever you installed it, you should append that path to your PATH variable (you'll need to log on as an admin to do that).

Answer 2

Do python setup.py install instead.

Windows is probably not set up to recognize .py files as executable.