Installing java2python (Newbie)

[loveline17 at gmail.com]

Hi Troy, once again thanks for the quickie.  I installed everything
properly now (error free!! yay) and the j2py script is located under :
C:\Documents and Settings\Ujjal Pathak\Desktop\java2python-0.2\build
\scripts-2.5

Meaning under scripts-2.5 folder, there are two files j2py and
jast_print but without any file extension though!

Here's the screenie : http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/675/95456528nk3.png

Once I fixed the path for both Python and j2py, only Python seems to
be working but not j2py.

Here is the screenie : http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1796/51776836tf4.png

So, I wonder what might be the problem now? ^^ :)

On Feb 27, 11:27 pm, "troy.melh... at gmail.com" <troy.melh... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> > Hi Jeremy, that's the problem I'm having. Where should I type that "
> > python setup.py install" ? Once again I'm using Windows system and not
> > Unix. Should I move the file to a specific folder under Python 2.5 and
> > then type  " python setup.py install" in IDLE or Command Line window?
> > I get the error "SyntaxError: invalid syntax" with the word "setup"
>
> hi andy,
>
> you want to run the windows command prompt, which is called "cmd.exe"
> in windows xp.  press the "start menu", then select "run", then type
> "cmd.exe" without the quotes.
>
> a window will pop up that looks black, and it will have a prompt like
> "C:\" or "D:\something".  with this window, you need to type several
> commands.  the first command is "cd", which changes the working
> directory.  you'll want to type the name of the drive and folder where
> you extracted the j2py package.  this can be anywhere, and it doesn't
> have to be in your python folders.  example:
>
>   C:\> cd D:\temp\java2python-0.2
>
> next, you'll need to run the setup script with python.  you can test
> for python at the prompt like this:
>
>   D:\temp\java2python-0.2\> python -V
>
> if you get "Python 2.5", you're ready to run the script.  if you don't
> get that, or if you get something along the lines of "command not
> found", then you'll have to qualify the command with the full path to
> the 2.5 interpreter.  for example:
>
>   D:\temp\java2python-0.2\> C:\Python2.5\python.exe -V
>
> i don't know where you installed python, nor do i remember much about
> how the windows installation layout, so you'll have to figure out
> these paths on your own.
>
> once you get the "Python 2.5" response, you can install the package.
> this is the easy part.  use whatever command you got to reply "Python
> 2.5", enter it again, along with a space followed by "setup.py
> install" (again, no quotes).  continuing the example above:
>
>   D:\temp\java2python-0.2\> C:\Python2.5\python.exe setup.py install
>
> you should read all of the output closely -- look for errors.  you
> might have problems installing the software if you're not an
> administrator.
>
> if you don't have problems, the setup process will have copied a
> script named "j2py" somewhere in your system path.  try "j2py --
> version", and if everything works, you'll get the reply "j2py 0.2".
> once the script is installed, change to the directory of your java
> files  (using "cd"), then do something like this, substituting your
> file names where appropriate:
>
>   D:\myjavafiles\> j2py -i someclass.java -o someclass.py
>
> best of luck to you, and please do let me (or the group) know how
> everything works out.