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Tim Golden  
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 More options Oct 19 2012, 9:44 am
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From: Tim Golden <m...@timgolden.me.uk>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:44:34 +0100
Local: Fri, Oct 19 2012 9:44 am
Subject: Re: Python on Windows
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On 19/10/2012 14:24, graham wrote:

> Thanks to everyone who replied.

> Python was installed in the subdirectory C:\Python27 with the file
> feedparser.py residing in C:\Python27\Lib\email.

> Setting the Windows environment variable (which did not previously
> exist) to C:\Python27\Lib\email allowed me to import feedparser
> successfully.

> However, it seems that this feedparser module is not the module I wanted.

> I'm trying to follow an introductory Python course from the magazine
> Linux Format (issue number 120 I think).

I'm very surprised that the article tells you to import a non-standard
module without telling you where to download it. I imagine that the
module is this one:

  http://pypi.python.org/pypi/feedparser/

(In general, PyPI is the first place to look for Python packages).

> This is all confusing and frustrating.

Understandably. It's not unknown, but it is unusual for two
identically-named packages to exist for Python. It's more
unfortunate when it's one used in a beginner's article.

If you understand how to download the .zip file from the page above and
unzip it then you need to go to the directory where the unzipped files
are and run:

  python setup.py install

If you're not sure how to do any of that, feel free to post back here or
to the python-tutor list [1] which is a little more experience in
helping newcomers.

TJG

[1] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor


 
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