PDFMiner install question

[Jason Mellone]

On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 3:32:56 PM UTC-5, MRAB wrote:
> On 17/12/2013 20:06, Jason Mellone wrote:
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> > Hello,
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> >
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> > I have python up and running using the exact setup as recommended by http://learnpythonthehardway.org/
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> > I am now trying to use pdfminer.
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> > I have python here:
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> > C:\USERS\Python27
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> > using "import os", i am able to cwd to C:\users\python where i have C:\users\python\pdfminer-master\.
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> >
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> > when i navigate to the child directory and run "setup.py install" i get the following issue:
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> >>>> setup.py install
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> >    File "<stdin>", line 1
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> >      setup.py install
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> >                     ^
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> >
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> > i have no idea why, any input?
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> > thanks!
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> Do you really have the ">>>" prompt? If yes, then you're asking Python
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> to run a console (OS) command.
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> You should be running "setup.py install" in a console ("Command
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> Prompt") window, something like:
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> cd C:\users\python\pdfminer-master
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> C:\USERS\Python27\python.exe \setup.py install

ok makes sense.

i am running now from command line and get the following:

P:\>C:\USERS\Python27\python.exe C:\users\Python27\pdfminer-master\setup.py inst
all
running install
running build
running build_py
error: package directory 'pdfminer' does not exist

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