easy_install does not work in Windows 7

Question

I have Python 2.6.4 installed in C:\Python26.

I have PyQt4 installed from here: http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Downloads/PyQt4/PyQt-Py2.6-gpl-4.7.7-1.exe

I have added this path to %PATH%:

C:\Python26;C:\Python26\Scripts

When I type this command in cmd.exe however:

easy_install cheetah

I get this error:

C:\Users\Richard>easy_install cheetah
'easy_install' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Richard>

Any help? In Windows XP it worked.

hughdbrown · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-18T17:04:27.877

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I think it lives here: c:\python\scripts\easy_install.exe

Later: okay, have you installed easy_install? Download the appropriate Windows installer for your python version here. (If you have no scripts directory, then you probably have not installed easy_install.)

edited Oct 18 '10 at 17:04

answered Oct 18 '10 at 16:17

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I did that, too. There is no Scripts directory in C:\Python26. – Richard Knop Oct 18 '10 at 16:36
easy_install is not installed when you install Python. If easy_install was properly installed (using the information hughdbrown linked), there will be a Scripts directory. – Velociraptors Oct 18 '10 at 17:11

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 26 '13 at 09:49

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Try to add C:\Python26\Scripts path to %PATH%. easy_install.exe should be there.

edited Nov 26 '13 at 09:49

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answered Oct 18 '10 at 16:17

Zuljin

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I did that, too. There is no Scripts directory in C:\Python26. – Richard Knop Oct 18 '10 at 16:35

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 19 '11 at 02:50

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had a problem that's related.

i added a space after the semicolon and then typed in the scripts directory. easy_install didn't work until i removed the space.

ie. C:\Python26; C:\Python26\Scripts does not work...

answered Sep 19 '11 at 02:50

Henry

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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Make sure easy_install is installed located at $Pythonpath\Scripts
Add $Pythonpath\Scripts to %PATH%. How to do this can be found in https://stackoverflow.com/a/4855685/1750173
Restart command prompt.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Nov 15 '14 at 20:26

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easy_install does not work in Windows 7

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