Python install mitmproxy module on Windows build error - how to solve?

Question

E:\mitmproxy-0.7>    C:\Python27\python.exe setup.py install

produces

error: file 'E:\mitmproxy-0.7\mitmproxy' does not exist

What am I doing wrong?

thanks

Answer 1

You need to extract all files from the tarball, not only setup.py. setup.py is not a full-fledged installer (like a msi or exe file); it just contains instructions on how to build the other files in the tarball.