"python setup.py install" doesn't work

[romanman]

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 1, in <module>
    from setuptools import setup, find_packages
ImportError: No module named setuptools

[nicksavers]

No module named setuptools refers to a package in `python-dev``
You need to install that first.

[renewed-mind]

Hi, I have the same problem. Where can I find python-dev and the package in it? Thanks

[konradkonrad]

@renewed-mind python-dev is a debian package. In case that applies to you, become root and do apt-get install python-dev.
Otherwise, you might want to follow the guide on pip's documentation on how to resolve that error:
http://pip.readthedocs.org/en/latest/distribute_setuptools.html#importerror-no-module-named-setuptools

Also I usually recommend using a (clean) virtualenv. Some more hints are in the developer notes: https://github.com/ethereum/pyethereum/wiki/Developer-Notes

[renewed-mind]

thank you so much @konradkonrad ! I'm really new to all this, and feel kinda lost, but I think your links will be a good place to start. To give you an idea of how lost I am, I am using Python 3.4 on Windows 7...at this point, I am pretty sure this stuff doesn't work on Windows yet? What is everyone using (in terms of hardware/OS) to be able to play with all this stuff? Thank you so much!

[konradkonrad]

@renewed-mind oh...sorry to hear that. Unfortunately as up now (and as far as I know), Windows is a no-go, because leveldb is not yet ready for the OS.
Since you're eager to play, I recommend, you create yourself a virtualized Ubuntu (e.g. http://www.instructables.com/id/Introduction-38/?lang=en) and do everything in there.

If people are happily using pyethereum (and leveldb) on Windows, please let us know!

[renewed-mind]

@konradkonrad Awesome! Thank you! When you say leveldb is not yet ready for the OS, you mean that the Ethereum team has not modified it to work with the etherbrowser or the PyEthereum implementation within windows yet? Or pyethereum is not able to work with leveldb? Cause when I search leveldb and windows...I see there are downloads available...any insight is appreciated! thanks again!

also, is pyethereum implementation the same as serpent? sorry for the confused questions!

[konradkonrad]

• for leveldb on windows see usage on windows  #63 -- the python db-driver for leveldb (named leveldb) apparently does not (yet) compile on win
• for serpent see https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Serpent and https://github.com/ethereum/serpent -- in short: pyethereum is a client implementation for ethereum while serpent is a (high-level) language for writing (and compiling) ethereum contract code

[renewed-mind]

@konradkonrad you're the best! thank you!