The Twittering Office Chair

Step 9 Dependencies

There are a number of hoops you have to jump through before you can run the Python code in the next step.

The first thing you need is the setuptools shell script. Open terminal and change your working directory to the directory setuptools is in. You can change directories by typing "cd nameofdirectory" and hitting "enter". and you can look at what directories are in your current location by typing in "ls" and hitting "enter".

Once you are in the correct directory, install the shell script by typing chmod setuptools.egg (or whatever the exact name of the file is. Do not rename the file). This may require entering your administrator password. Do so when prompted and hit "enter".

You should now be able to use Easy Install, which, happens to be one of the greatest pieces of code ever written. Once you have Easy Install you just need to type into the command prompt "easy_install" followed by the name of the package you are trying to download and hit "enter." For example, "easy_install greatcode" (not a real example). Next thing you know, you have downloaded and installed the whole "greatcode" package for use in your own code.

Open your prompt and type each line below and hit enter. This will install the Simple Json, Twitter, Time and advanced Math (numpy) packages.

easy_install simplejson
easy_install pyserial
easy_instally numpy
easy_instally time

Download and install Python Twitter by following the directions on the page (you might even just try "easy_install twitter").

Comments

[mman1506]

nice easter egg