How do I install SQLObject for use with Python?

Question

I need to use SQLObject with Python and I downloaded SQLObject-1.0.0-py2.6.egg but I have no idea what to do next.

Answer 1

For unix-type machines you should use easy_install (or better yet pip):

easy_install sqlobject

or

pip install sqlobject

(you might have to do this as root).

If you're using Windows you'll need to install either easy_install or pip.

You can get details on this at this question.

This will install SQLObject as well as any dependent libraries.

If you have the egg downloaded you can always:

easy_install /my_downloads/OtherPackage-3.2.1-py2.3.egg http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#downloading-and-installing-a-package (step four outlines this)

Again, you might have to be the superuser.