Installing the Swampy Python module on Windows

Question

I am trying to install the Swampy module on Python, but there is a lot that is unclear in the instructions given on the site and the documentation. I have put the Swampy fo

Answer 1

Now you're ready to install a package. There's lots to chose from but we'll start here...

Download swampy at http://pypi.python.org/pypi/swampy/2.1.1 This is a swampy-2.1.1.tar.gz file, which in Windows language means it is a strange and otherworldly kind of zip file.

To open the *tar.gz file, download PeaZip for Windows http://peazip.org/ Use PeaZip to extract (uncompress / unzip) swampy-2.1.1.tar.gz into your Download directory. You should end up with something similar to this: C:\Users\Nnamdi\Downloads\swampy-2.1.1\

Go back to your Command Prompt window or open a new one. You'll need to change directories in the command line to your user directory in the computer.

When you start, your command line should look something like this: c:\Users\Nnamdi> You want to get into the swampy-2.1.1 directory, so at the command prompt type this: cd downloads\swampy-2.1.1 or the complete path: cd c:\Users\Nnamdi\Downloads\swampy-2.1.1 Your prompt will change from this c:\Users\Nnamdi> to this c:\Users\Nnamdi\Downloads\swampy-2.1.1>

Now for the fun part. Inside that swampy directory there is a file called setup.py. We're going to install that into the Python universe. Type this into the Command Prompt :

python setup.py install

Now open IDLE (Start > All Programs > Python 2.7 > IDLE (Python GUI)) and type the following:

import swampy.TurtleWorld See all that nothing that happens? That's your sign of success. Congratulations. You've just installed and imported your first package for Python on Windows 7. Repeat as needed.