How to install external libraries with Portable Python?

Question

I can\'t install Python on my machine due to administrator privileges, but I did download/open Portable Python successfully. I am on a Windows 7 64-bit machine. How would I

Answer 1

Do the following:

• Find an already compiled version of the desired package - Christoph Gohlke mantains an excelent collection here - download it and put it in a folder (say C:\temp).
• In your Portable Python installation find the Scripts folder (usually under the Apps folder) and open a command prompt there.
• From the Scripts folder type the command easy_install C:\temp\numpy-MKL-1.8.0.win32-py2.7.exe (change the exe file name for whatever is the name of your installer).

Test if the installation succeeded:

>>> import numpy
>>> print numpy.__version__
1.8.0