nose-devs/nose — Issue #292: Nose frontpage installation instructions in error
Author: jpellerin
Created: 2011-12-14 16:06:41+00:00
State: open

These instructions are wrong:
{{{
Install nose using setuptools:

easy_install nose

Or, if you don't have setuptools installed, use the download link
at right to download the source package, and install in the normal
fashion: Ungzip and untar the source package, cd to the new
directory, and:

python setup.py install
}}}

You cannot run python setup.py install without setup_tools upgraded to at
least the version that nose is configured to work with, as per this error
message:

{{{
$ sudo python setup.py install
~/src/nose-0.9.1
The required version of setuptools (>=0.6c2) is not available, and
can't be installed while this script is running. Please install
a more recent version first.

(Currently using setuptools 0.6c1
(/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c1-py2.4.egg))
zsh: 32149 exit 2 sudo python setup.py install
}}}

I recommend ammending the instructions to say
{{{
python ez_setup.py
python setup.py install
}}}
and note that the installation will cause easy_install to be installed.
Perhaps a link to ez_setup.py would be good too.

Google Code Info:
Issue #: 14
Author: jpelle...@gmail.com
Created On: 2006-12-20T02:24:17.000Z
Closed On: 2007-01-14T01:25:19.000Z