Install Python BeautifulSoup in Windows 8

This article describes how to install Python BeautifulSoup in Windows 8. This article focuses on the installation errors and solutions. if you need a friend, refer to the running environment: Windows 8.1
Python: 2.7.6

During installation, I use pip for installation. the command is as follows:

The code is as follows:

Pip install beautifulsoup4

When running, the following error is reported:

The code is as follows:

Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last ):
File "J: \ Program Files (x86) \ Python \ Python27 \ lib \ site-packages \ pip \ basecomm
. Py ", line 122, in main
Status = self. run (options, args)
File "J: \ Program Files (x86) \ Python \ Python27 \ lib \ site-packages \ pip \ commands
Stall. py ", line 278, in run
Requirement_set.prepare_files (finder, force_root_egg_info = self. bundle, bu
E = self. bundle)
File "J: \ Program Files (x86) \ Python \ Python27 \ lib \ site-packages \ pip \ req. py ",
Ne 1229, in prepare_files
Req_to_install.run_egg_info ()
File "J: \ Program Files (x86) \ Python \ Python27 \ lib \ site-packages \ pip \ req. py ",
Ne 292, in run_egg_info
Logger. runner Y ('running setup. py (path: % s) egg_info for package % s' % (sel
Etup_py, self. name ))
File "J: \ Program Files (x86) \ Python \ Python27 \ lib \ site-packages \ pip \ req. py ",
Ne 265, in setup_py
Import setuptools
File "build \ bdist. win-amd64 \ egg \ setuptools \__ init _. py", line 11, in From setuptools. extension import Extension
File "build \ bdist. win-amd64 \ egg \ setuptools \ extension. py", line 5, in File "build \ bdist. win-amd64 \ egg \ setuptools \ dist. py", line 15, in
File "build \ bdist. win-amd64 \ egg \ setuptools \ compat. py", line 19, in
File "J: \ Program Files (x86) \ Python \ Python27 \ lib \ SimpleHTTPServer. py", line
, In
Class SimpleHTTPRequestHandler (BaseHTTPServer. BaseHTTPRequestHandler ):
File "J: \ Program Files (x86) \ Python \ Python27 \ lib \ SimpleHTTPServer. py", line
8, in SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
Mimetypes. init () # try to read system mime. types
File "J: \ Program Files (x86) \ Python \ Python27 \ lib \ mimetypes. py", line 358, I
Nit
Db. read_windows_registry ()
File "J: \ Program Files (x86) \ Python \ Python27 \ lib \ mimetypes. py", line 258, I
Ead_windows_registry
For subkeyname in enum_types (hkcr ):
File "J: \ Program Files (x86) \ Python \ Python27 \ lib \ mimetypes. py", line 249, I
Num_types
Ctype = ctype. encode (default_encoding) # omit in 3.x!
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii 'codec can't decode byte 0xb0 in position 1: ordin
Not in range (128)

Storing debug log for failure in C: \ Users \ Administrator \ pip. log

Solution: Open the mimetypes. py file under C: \ Python27 \ Lib and find

The code is as follows:

Default_encoding = sys. getdefaultencoding ()

Changed:

The code is as follows:

If sys. getdefaultencoding ()! = 'Gbk ':
Reload (sys)
Sys. setdefaultencoding ('gbk ')
Default_encoding = sys. getdefaultencoding ()

After the installation is successful, verify whether the installation is successful:

The code is as follows:

C: \ Users \ Administrator> python
Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:24) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on 32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> From bs4 import BeautifulSoup
>>> Exit ()

If no error is reported for "from bs4 import BeautifulSoup", the installation is successful. Otherwise, a similar error is reported as follows:

The code is as follows:

Traceback (most recent call last ):
File" ", Line 1, in
ImportError: No module named bs4