How to install a Python module via its setup.py in Windows? [closed]

setup.py is designed to be run from the command line. You’ll need to open your command prompt (In Windows 7, hold down shift while right-clicking in the directory with the setup.py file. You should be able to select “Open Command Window Here”).

From the command line, you can type

python setup.py --help

…to get a list of commands. What you are looking to do is…

python setup.py install

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