1. Make sure setuptools is installed

Ubuntu: sudo apt install python-setuptools

2. Make sure you're running a Python version greater than 2.6

$ python -V
Python 2.7.0

3. To install with Python 2.x:

  $ sudo python setup.py install

4. To install with Python 3.x:

  $ sudo python3 setup.py install

Example:

# FTNTLIB Install process on a Ubuntu Desktop

$ tar xzvf ftntlib-VERSION.tgz
ftntlib-VERSION/
ftntlib-VERSION/ftntlib/
ftntlib-VERSION/ftntlib/__init__.py
ftntlib-VERSION/ftntlib/fmg_jsonapi.py
ftntlib-VERSION/ftntlib/fmg_xmlapi.py
ftntlib-VERSION/ftntlib/fos_restapi.py
ftntlib-VERSION/README
ftntlib-VERSION/setup.py
$ cd ftntlib-VERSION
$ sudo apt install python-setuptools
# MAC
# sudo port install py38-setuptools
$ sudo apt install gcc
$ sudo apt install python-dev
$ sudo apt install libxslt1-dev
$ sudo apt install zlib1g-dev
$ sudo python setup.py install

WINDOWS 10 INSTALLTION

1. Download Python for Windows https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.14/python-2.7.14.amd64.msi
2. Run the installer
3. Open Windows Shell (cmd.exe)
4. Download ftntlib and extract it somewhere
5. Microsoft C++ Compiler 9.0 for Python is required (VCForPython27.msi)
6. Install the compiler
9. Get LXML and XSLT from here: https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#lxml
lxml‑4.2.1‑cp27‑cp27m‑win_amd64.whl
pip instal llxml‑4.2.1‑cp27‑cp27m‑win_amd64.whl

8. cd ftntlib folder

python setup.py install

# Installing with Python 3 (3.6)

* My system is MacOS with MacPort
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