[Twisted-Python] Download instructions for twisted and ActiveState Python

Craig Rodrigues rodrigc at crodrigues.org
Thu Nov 29 15:08:39 EST 2012


Hi,

At some of the Twisted Sprints in San Francisco,
I found that on my Windows laptop, it was
easy to set things up Twisted quickly by using the
ActiveState Python package manager (pypm).

I wrote some notes for doing this at:
http://home.comcast.net/~rodrigc/python/twisted_install.html

Rather than keep that info on my own web page, I thought
it would be nice to contribute the information back to the Twisted wiki.
This would not be the official way of installing Twisted on
Windows, but would be some helpful information for
an alternative way to install things on Windows.

Since I do not have wiki edit permissions, I made a patch
to http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/Downloads .
If someone could help get this info on the wiki that would
be great.

-- 
Craig Rodrigues
rodrigc at crodrigues.org
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 </li><li><a class="ext-link" href="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/zope.interface#download"><span class="icon">&nbsp;</span>Zope.Interface</a> (required)
 </li><li><a class="ext-link" href="http://twistedmatrix.com/Releases/Dependencies/Win/pycrypto-2.0.1.win32-py2.5.exe"><span class="icon">&nbsp;</span>PyCrypto 2.0.1 for Python 2.5</a> (needed for Conch)
 </li><li><a class="ext-link" href="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyOpenSSL"><span class="icon">&nbsp;</span>PyOpenSSL</a> (needed for SSL)
-</li></ul><h2 id="MacOSX">Mac OS X<a title="Link to this section" href="#MacOSX" class="anchor"> ¶</a></h2>
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+<h2 id="Windows - ActivePython">Windows - ActivePython<a title="Link to this section" href="#Windows_ActivePython" class="anchor"> ¶</a></h2>
+<p>
+Alternatively, Windows users may wish to install Twisted by using the
+<a class="ext-link" href="http://www.activestate.com/activepython">ActivePython distribution of Python</a>,
+which includes the 
+<a class="ext-link" href="http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/2.7/pypm.html">pypm</a>
+package manager.
+</p>
+<ol>
+<li>Download the ActivePython distribution.</li>
+<li>Open a Windows Command Prompt, and run this command:  <b>pypm install twisted</b></li>
+<li>Verify that Twisted was installed with this command: <b>pypm ls</b></li>
+</ol>
+<p>
+Additional help for pypm is available by running: <b>pypm help</b> and by
+reading the <a class="ext-link" href="http://docs.activestate.com/activepython/2.7/pypm.html">PyPM Tutorial</a>.
+Many other Python packages which are listed at the <a class="ext-link" href="http://code.activestate.com/pypm/">PyPM Index</a>
+can be installed with pypm.
+</p>
+<h2 id="MacOSX">Mac OS X<a title="Link to this section" href="#MacOSX" class="anchor"> ¶</a></h2>
 <p>
 Twisted is no longer making a .dmg which creates a system installation 
 for OS X because OS X versions 10.5 and greater ship with Twisted 
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