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Asked: 2026-05-30T01:57:19+00:00

I’m trying to install easy_install using setup tools for the purpose of installing scrapy

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I’m trying to install easy_install using setup tools for the purpose of installing scrapy on Windows XP. On the setup tools page it says:

Once installation is complete, you will find an easy_install.exe
program in your Python Scripts subdirectory. Be sure to add this
directory to your PATH environment variable, if you haven’t already
done so.

But when i install I only find an easy_install.exe.manifest file, and I’m not able to run this file. Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I’m new to this. I’m not quite sure what this sentence means either:

Be sure to add this directory to your PATH environment variable, if
you haven’t already done so.

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  1. Editorial Team

    It means that you should have the path to the directory containing the file when you do 

    echo %PATH% (windows)
echo $PATH (linux/cygwin/...)

    in the command line. If it does not appear, you should add it.

    To do so check out the following links

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