On windows, under cygwin follow the below steps. 1.Ensure python is installed in cygwin. Type python on the terminal of cygwin and it should launch the python shell. If it doesn't launch the setup file for cygwin and select python from the package list and install.

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1. As of yesterday (Wed 25 July 2012), Python 3.2.3 is included in the standard Cygwin installer. Just run Cygwin’s setup.exe again (download it from cygwin.com again if you need to), and you should be able to select and install it like any other package. This will install as python3, leaving any existing 2.x install in place.
2. The Python Standard Library comes with TkInter, but you can take your GUIs to the next level using an external Python module. WxPython: Create truly native user interfaces for their Python applications that run with little or no modifications on Windows, Mac and Linux or other Unix-like systems.

There are ways to import Python modules remotely. It is not recommended to do so though as it will slow down your app. You can use the knockout module to achieve this. To install knockout use:

Now in order to import modules remotely, you can use knockout like:

A valid url looks like this: http://example.com/path/to/repository/#packagename

This stuff is experimental, use at your own risk. Enjoy.

Cygwin Install Python Modules

If you are not able to install modules on a machine(due to not having enough permissions), you could use either virtualenv or save the module files in another directory and use the following code to allow Python to search for modules in the given module:

Cygwin How To Install Python Modules In Mac

You can also use virtualenv to create an isolated local Python environment. The basic problem being addressed is one of dependencies and versions, and indirectly permissions. Imagine you have an application that needs version 1 of LibFoo, but another application requires version 2. How can you use both these applications? If you install everything into /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages (or whatever your platform’s standard location is), it’s easy to end up in a situation where you unintentionally upgrade an application that shouldn’t be upgraded. This can also be used in our use case where we cannot install the package on the machine as we dont have the permissions. For more info on virtual env, read the docs: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/