How do I install a python package

I want to install this python package: http://pypi.python.org/pyp开发者_StackOverflowi/netifaces/0.5

But I don't know how and I know nothing about python. Still, I guess there is a standardized way to install it. Am I right?

Thanks in advance

From http://pypi.python.org/pypi:

to use a package from this index either "pip install package" or download, unpack and "python setup.py install" it.

That said, often distributions of Linux package a lot in their repositories, so try those too.

Check easy_install : http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#using-easy-install

You can download the binary for windows from here or use easy_install as the above poster said http://alastairs-place.net/2007/03/netifaces/netifaces-0.4-py2.4-win32.egg