install SIP/PyQt4/Ghost on windows 7 and Python 2.7.9 - python-2.7

after searching for an answer and since i'm new to python and not knowledgeable enough, i really need help with this.
it starts from my need to use ghost.py. for this installation i need PyQt and before that i need SIP installed. so when downloading SIP i tried following the instructions and got to a point where, after running python configure.py ,i need to run "make" and then "make install". my question is - where can i get teh software to run "make" ? i tried GNU make - can this work ? because it seem to fail , giving me gibberish....
installing PyQt also requires this so it will help me twice :)
thanks in advance
Sivan

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Cannot get started with Vpython

I am a new to python. I am have installed Python27 and Vpython on my windows 64-bit W8.1 laptop.
The python version was Py27 32-bits and Vpython 32-bits. After installation I thought I could directly run an example program from the VIDLE (File -> Open -> bounce). But I realized there is lot more to install to get this working.
So I googled the errors and found that I has to install Numpy and WxPython which I was able to complete successfully. But now I have this error shown below
"The Polygon module is not installed,
so the text and extrusion objects are unavailable.
The ttfquery and/or FontTools modules are not installed,
so the text object is unavailable."
I googled for this but was not able to arrive at anything.
Should I install Polygon module, FontTools and ttfquery module?
I was not able to fond a proper link to do any of the above. Kindly help me out. I have a hit a wall.
Thanks!!
Hopefully was able to solve the issue.
The problem was with the way how I installed Vpython. I should have accidentally selected "custom installation" instead of "full installation".
Also the version of numpy that comes with default set-up did not support for me. Hence I used the pip to update the version and now everything is up and running.
I am able to get the example programs to work.
Also the 64-bit version is not working still. So its always safe to stick on to 32-bit version even if your machine is 64-bit
You're working with an older version of VPython that is no longer supported. See the first page of vpython.org.

Installing Selenium on Python

i am trying to install Selenium on my computer.
I downloaded Python and as far as i know PiP is already installed, but when i write in my command prompt "pip" , nothing happends, it just sits there and does nothing and i can't write in the console anymore, like its loading.
If i write Python in the console there comes up version and commands work as they should in the Python Client.
I do add the right paths and i double check alot of times.
Anyone had this problem? tried pretty much every solution out there.

How to install Qt 3.3.8 in Ubuntu 14.04

Just recently I have begun to review the code for a project produced by a friend roughly 4 years ago. However, to compile this project I need an outdated version of Qt (version 3.3.8). Much of the code used in this project isn't supported in the same style as Qt4. So I'd first like to obtain Qt3 before I transition to Qt4.
Ubuntu has decided to no longer carry "qt3-dev-tools". Ubuntu has limited the selection to "qt4-dev-tools" in its repository. So installing via the command line option (sudo apt-get install qt3-dev-tools) results in an error:
"Unable to locate package qt3-dev-tools."
So, from here I did some digging for a manual installation? I found a great website to help me through the process, but I'm not very knowledgeable about Ubuntu, or Linux in general. Step 1 was simple. But step 2 and onward stumped me. I'm supposed to be both adding the environment variables listed in step two to the .profile file and then setting them, correct?
In step 2, is logging in again just meant for users with the .login shell? When I type in $HOME/.qt-license of step three, I suppose I'm typing this into the terminal?. Same with the ./configure? Both of these commands return no such file exists.
Does anyone know a better walk through to install Qt3 files, or can give a quick breakdown of this tutorial?
The website tutorial:
http://krm.am.gdynia.pl/doc/qt-3.3.8/INSTALL
If u can get .rpm package then open it in ubuntu software centre . It will get installed.
http://download.qt.io/archive/qt/3/ try downloading the package for qt3 from this qt archive & install it.

make boost python pick up the correct python version on osx

Im currently building a module with boost python and I cant get it to build against the correct version of python(I need it to build against 2.6). The first thing I tried was setting my PATH to that of the version of python I'd like to install, but that built a module that would only run on the default system version, 2.7. Next I tried adding --with-python-version=2.6 as an argument for bootstrap but that didnt work either.
I'm new to c++ and I'm building someone else's code so apologies if there is a blindingly obvious answer
I don't know if this is what solves your issue, but it sounds like something I had dealt with when building another boost project. It would constantly find the wrong python installation no matter what I do. Namely, it always wanted the system python. I addressed it by telling it to look at another INCLUDE location:
cmake -D PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.3/Frameworks/Python.framework/Headers

Installing PostgreSQL and pyscopg2 on Snow Leopard

I'm still a complete beginner in the field of web development and I'm trying to set up the Django environment. I'm reading "the definitive guide to django" to start my practice.
I'm running Snow Leopard (10.6.2) on a macbook 2.1GHz. It came with Python 2.6.1. Since Snow Leopard cam with Python 2.6.1 preinstalled, so I didn't do any extra set up. Maybe it needs more setup, please let me know. But I've ran it, and it works.
I installed django straight right from the book. I've ran it, and so far it works.
The Database configuration is the one stifling me.
I tried installing MySQL with MySQLdb module for python, but it had complications with the difference between 32 & 64 bit architecture (either mysql had 64 and python had 32 OR vice versa; Either way, I couldn't figure it out). I've read many forums and tinkered with it for hours, still couldn't fix it and I just gave up.
So I tried the next best thing (or so I thought), Let's try to set up Postgre instead. So, I went to the official Postgre website and picked the Mac OS X installment package. I download it, extract it, and all it had was an ".app" installer and a "README". I ran the installer, blah blah blah, I followed the instruction, it did this, it did that. At the end, apparently Postgre is installed.
I didn't feel completely sure if it was installed, so I searched around the internet for some answers. Well, I found the official documentation for installing Django for Mac, but the steps to install
Postgre was completely different. Maybe the ".app" installer did most of the configuration listed in those steps, I don't know.
Then I went to the terminal and type in:
psql -V
(to check which version of Postgre I just installed)
AND
sudo -u postgres pg_ctl start
(to run the database)
'psql' or 'pg_ctl' commands could not be found. To me, this is kind of saying Postgre was not installed or there are some setup I still need to do.
So I started looking at the first steps of installing Postgre from the given instruction by Django (link above). From the instruction it says to edit the '~/.profile', even after unhiding all the files and directories, I still can't find it under my user directory.
At this point I'm just kind of frustrated and don't know where to go. I was wondering if I can get some direction/tips/howto/anythingreallyatthispoint.
I can't really install psycopg2 until I have Postgre running, but from the looks of it, it doesn't look so bad to install it (or so I hope).
Many Many thanks in advance for any help ^_^
-Tri
If you're just getting started, I would try sqlite first. It's file based, so there is almost no configuration. Later, if you want to upgrade to a real database, then it won't be any harder than what you're attempting now.
the easiest way to install these apps would be via macports (http://www.macports.org/). in my experience, the installation was fast and clean. the geodjango installation documentation has a good section on this: http://geodjango.org/docs/install.html#macports.
I suspect the only problem you are having is not setting path. Add this to your ~/.bash_profile:
export PATH=/Library/PostgreSQL/8.4/bin:$PATH
Now you should be able to run the command line tools like psql.
I just spent a couple hours going through multiple different walkthroughs. This was the one that eventually worked:
first install postgress with the dmg:
http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/pgdownload#osx
then follow this tutorial:
http://stubblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/installing-psycopg2-on-osx/
then put this in terminal export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/Library/PostgreSQL/9.3/lib:$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
And I'm pretty sure those were the important parts of what I did..
if you get errors try sudo pip uninstall psycopg2 then sudo pip install psycopg2
if you keep getting errors about ".... something < 10.4", reinstall pip. I think I used something like brew install python to update python... if you don't have homebrew, get it. I'm pretty sure that's what got rid of that error.. it may have been a manual install of pip3 though.
Sorry this is all over the place, it should get you a bit closer though. At least, if you (like me) have had none of the other tutorials work.