Installing PyLint on Windows
Based on the Komodo/PyLint discussion of the last few days, I decided it was a good night to try to get everything installed and working on my Windows box.
Here’s what I had to do to get it all working…
1. Add Python directories to your path
Right click on My Computer on your desktop and go to the Advanced tab:
Click the Environment Variables button, and under System Variables select Path:
Hit the Edit button and add C:\Python24;C:\Python24\Scripts to the path list:
2. Download packages
Download the following packages from Logilab:
- Logilab ASTNG: Base representation of python source code for projects such as pychecker, pyreverse, pylint.
- Logilab Common Libraries: Contains several modules providing low level functionnalities shared among some python projects developped by logilab.
- PyLint: Source code checker.
After downloading, unpack them into their respective directories. I just used 7-Zip to extract them to folders on my desktop.
3. Install packages
Assuming you set your path correctly (see Step 1), you should be able to run Python from the Windows command line.
To install each package, open a cmd.exe shell (i.e. Start, Run, cmd.exe) and cd into each directory that you created in Step 2. From there run the following command:
python setup.py install
You should see a bunch of lines flash by as the files are copied over to your Python directory. Repeat for ASTNG, Common, and PyLint.
After you are done, if pylint.bat wasn’t copied to C:\Python24\Scripts, copy it over there manually.
4. Create pylint.bat redirect file
Create a file called pylint (no extension) in C:\Python24 that contains the following text:
C:\Python24\Scripts\pylint.bat
5. Add to Komodo toolbox (optional)
That should be it! You are ready to use PyLint to check your scripts. If you use Komodo as your IDE, you can now follow Mateusz’s instructions for running PyLint from Komodo.
Note: My instructions assume you are using Windows 2K/XP and Python 2.4. Obviously some things will change if you are using a different configuration.
April 22nd, 2008 at 2:36 pm
If you are using eclipse and pydev then it just needs to know where lint.py is so you do not need to do steps 4 and 5. If you go to Window -> Preferences and drill down to Pydev -> Pylint check the “Use Pylint” box and then click on “Broswse” and go to %PYTHON_ROOT%\Lib\site-packages\pylint and select lint.py and you should be good to go. You will get some good highlighting of problems where pylint sees them.