how to install setuptools for Python 2.7.1 on Mac OS X Tiger?

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i've got a problem when trying to install setuptools on Mac OS X Tiger

the current version of python is 2.7.1

...:~/Desktop usrusr$ python -V
Python 2.7.1

i downloaded this egg setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg, and followed the instructions. unfortunately i'm getting an error:

...:~/Desktop usrusr$ sudo sh setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg
setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg: line 3: exec: python2.7: not found

i tried to build and install setuptools from source, which placed setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg in the correct directory - in my case it's /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/

but when i'm trying to do the same (sudo sh ...), i'm getting the same error - line 3: exec: python2.7: not found

please, help!

thanks in advance!

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1 Answers

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When you installed python, you didn't end up with a python2.7 symlink to your python binary for some reason. Creating one somewhere in your path should work.