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Asked: 2026-05-11T03:59:54+00:00

ho-fe3fdd00-12:~ Sam$ easy_install BeautifulSoup Traceback (most recent call last): File /usr/bin/easy_install, line 8, in

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ho-fe3fdd00-12:~ Sam$ easy_install BeautifulSoup Traceback (most recent call last):   File '/usr/bin/easy_install', line 8, in <module>     load_entry_point('setuptools==0.6c7', 'console_scripts', 'easy_install')()   File '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/Extras/lib/python/setuptools/command/easy_install.py', line 1670, in main     with_ei_usage(lambda:   File '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/Extras/lib/python/setuptools/command/easy_install.py', line 1659, in with_ei_usage     return f()   File '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/Extras/lib/python/setuptools/command/easy_install.py', line 1674, in <lambda>     distclass=DistributionWithoutHelpCommands, **kw   File '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/distutils/core.py', line 125, in setup     dist.parse_config_files()   File '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/distutils/dist.py', line 373, in parse_config_files     parser.read(filename)   File '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/ConfigParser.py', line 267, in read     self._read(fp, filename)   File '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/ConfigParser.py', line 462, in _read     raise MissingSectionHeaderError(fpname, lineno, line) ConfigParser.MissingSectionHeaderError: File contains no section headers. file: /Users/Sam/.pydistutils.cfg, line: 1 'install_lib = ~/Library/Python/$py_version_short/site-packages\n'

I am trying to install beautifulsoup. The first two lines in ~/.pydistutils.cfg:

install_lib = ~/Library/Python/$py_version_short/site-packages install_scripts = ~/bin
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  1. BeautifulSoup is a pure Python module which you can install by grabbing the BeautifulSoup.py file (eg. from inside the standard .tar.gz distribution) and putting it somewhere on your PythonPath – eg. inside /Users/Sam/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages, if the paths mentioned in the error message are accurate.

    No need for fussy and error-prone installers which just overcomplicate the issue.

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