How to install SimpleJson Package for Python

Question

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/simplejson

I am just diving into the Python world and want to make a simple twitter application which requires the installation of simplejson but not sure how I can set it up and get it working..

I am on a Windows System

Answer 1

I would recommend EasyInstall, a package management application for Python.

Once you've installed EasyInstall, you should be able to go to a command window and type:

easy_install simplejson

This may require putting easy_install.exe on your PATH first, I don't remember if the EasyInstall setup does this for you (something like C:\Python25\Scripts).

Answer 2

Really simple way is:

pip install simplejson

Answer 3

If you have Python 2.6 installed then you already have simplejson - just import json; it's the same thing.

Answer 4

You can import json as simplejson like this:

import json as simplejson

and keep backward compatibility.

Answer 5

Download the source code, unzip it to and directory, and execute python setup.py install.