How do I install Socks / SocksIPy on Ubuntu?

python ubuntu installation socks
user1868039 picture user1868039 · Feb 11, 2013 · Viewed 36.8k times · Source

I am new to python and would like to install SocksIPy on Ubuntu (running within a VirtualBox vm). The README says to place the socks.py file into my lib/site-packages directory. I do not know where to locate this directory. The Terminal command python socks.py install from the root runs, but does not install correctly (error "No module named socks" when I run import socks in a python script)

SocksIPy link http://socksipy.sourceforge.net/

Can someone suggest a way to get socks/socksipy running on my machine? Thanks!

Answer

eldarerathis picture eldarerathis · Feb 11, 2013

The simplest way to install it - provided the VM has working Internect connectivity - would likely be to let apt-get do it for you. From a terminal:

sudo apt-get install python-socksipy

It's in the universe repository, which should be enabled by default. If not, you can enable it yourself.

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