python fuzzy package installation

Question

So I am new (very new) to python (I have python32), and trying to install the fuzzy package to use Nysiis function. I've been googling installation procedure for pip and fuzzy package, but keep getting error as following:

File "setup.py", line 1, in from setuptool import setup ImportError: No module named setuptools

So from the error, I think setuptools have to be used to install, am I right? Also, do I need other packages to install the fuzzy package? Could someone take a step by step process of installing fuzzy package in python (from the beginning)?

Thank you!

Answer 1

pip is a good tool for getting python into your installation; it's built on top of setuptools and extends it to do its job.

It's sufficient to run the pip installer in your environtment; that will install pip and all of its dependencies (mainly setuptools).

From there, so long as the package is in the package index, you can run

pip install foo-package

If not, but a downloadable version is available which contains a proper setup.py (it sounds that way from your question), cd into the directory that contains the setup.py (usually at the top level) and run:

pip install -e .