Easy_install Launches As A Terminal And Closes On Its Own, How To Avoid That

Trying to install various packages on a Windows 7 64 bit and learned that ActivePython helps (as it includes easy_install among others). It surely seems pretty robust. However I'

Solution 1:

Perhaps easy_install is trying to relaunch itself as Administrator in a different window which quits immediately after easy_install exits. Try running easy_install from an Administrator prompt.

As a recommendation for ActivePython users, easy_install should only be used a last resort; you should first try installing packages using PyPM (included in ActivePython). See http://code.activestate.com/pypm/

Solution 2:

try specifying the command like so: c:\python27\python.exe -m easy_install Django==1.6.5v