Python: can't open file 'setup.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory. Directory Change does not remove error

Question

I am trying to install pymysql to a windows 8 machine and have been having trouble with the installation for python 3.3 I got the mython-mysql driver to work fine for 2.7 but this is giving me some issues so far I have been denied access which I fixed with

runas /savecred /user:Luke "python setup.py install" luke is an administrator profile and should have access but this prompts on a second window the following error:

Python: can't open file 'setup.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory.

to fix this I prefaced the install command with:

cd C:\Python33\PyMySQL\py3k\

unfortunately this did not fix the problem and still receiving the same error message.

i have checked Python: setup.py missing: No such file or directory but it only said to change the directory which I have tried

Does anyone have any idea as to why this might be happening? The file is there. why can't it read or find it?

Solution

Follow these steps in order to rectify this problem:

1. Download tweepy and unzip it in Desktop: Download from this link
2. Rename it tweepy
3. Open command prompt and type "cd desktop" then "cd tweepy"
4. Type "python setup.py install"

Comments

[Luke Smith]

I installed the py3k build (build-py3k.sh) with cygwin but there was a patch file. could the patch file be the key? it's name was setup.py.py3k.patch

[Admin]

Check where Python is installed using the "where" command (stackoverflow.com/questions/304319/…). I have only used the Unix which equivalent, so YMMV.

[Luke Smith]

I used the where command and it gave me "C:\Python33\PyMySQL\py3k\setup.py" so I ran: runas /savecred /user:Luke "python C:\Python33\PyMySQL\py3k\setup.py install" and it returned the same error

[Admin]

Try python --version and tell me which version of python it returns

[FumbleFingers]

Didn't work for me. I got..... The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the installation directory: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/test-easy-install-29‌​327.write-test'

[FumbleFingers]

Belay that! I'm still a complete noob with Linux, but I made a wild guess and retried step 4 as "sudo python setup.py install" - BINGO!