python NameError: global name '__file__' is not defined

Question

When I run this code in python 2.7, I get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File \"C:\\Python26\\Lib\\site-packages\\pyutilib.subprocess-3.5.4\\         


        

Answer 1

You will get this if you are running the commands from the python shell:

>>> __file__
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "", line 1, in 
NameError: name '__file__' is not defined

You need to execute the file directly, by passing it in as an argument to the python command:

$ python somefile.py

In your case, it should really be python setup.py install