Thompson Freeman wrote: > I would like to try a program "libprs500" which can be located > through https://libprs500.kovidgoyal.net. Instructions are given for > Fedora 7, which I would assume (silly me) would also apply to an up > to date Fedora 8, like I have. Per instructions, I have yum > installed python- setuptools, python-imaging, and verified that I > have all the requested rpms installed. > > The next step calls for running easy_install, which is apparently a > Python install system for something called a python egg. > > On my F8 system, there is no easy_install command accessible to the > normal root user. > > There is an easy_install.py file, buried back in the python > installation, which isn't doing the job. > > I'm missing something obvious, and would really appreciate a clue > here. The easy_install script was moved from python-setuptools to python-setuptools-devel. The rather long story behind this move is at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/251645. Hopefully just installing python-setuptools-devel will get you going. -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand. Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand.
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