installing python modules in GNU/Linux. Are there any good PDFs on installing modules? I would like to install some of these Python: 50 modules for all needs. I tried PIL http://effbot.org/downloads/Imaging-1.1.7.tar.gz but it did not work.
PS: what does community wiki mean?
On a Debian or Ubuntu system, the easiest way to install Python packages, if available, is apt-get. The easy_install system contains more Python packages, but the apt-get packages are specifically tuned for your system.
They always start with 'python-'.
For example,
sudo apt-get install python-imaging