Installing the PycURL Library for Twitter Streaming on Python 2.7

Dec 26, 2025

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This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to install the PycURL library for Twitter streaming using a lab computer. Start by downloading the necessary links from PycURL and the Twitter streamer on the course website. After extracting the site-packages.zip file, you'll need to copy specific files to the Python 2.7 site-packages directory. Finally, run IDLE to start Python and open the twitter-stream.py script you've downloaded. Follow these clear steps to set up your Twitter streaming functionality seamlessly.

1 pycurl installation 2 twitter streaming 3 python 27 4 idle setup 5 lab computer 6 sitepackages 7 download links 8 command window text

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Installing the PycURL Library for Twitter Streaming on Python 2.7

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Streaming Twitter
Install pycurl library • Use a lab computer • From the course website • Download the links from pycurl and twitter streamer • Extract site-packages.zip, and you should see three files • curl (folder) • pycurl.pyd • pycurl_ssl-7.19.0-py2.7.egg-info • Copy them • Go to C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\, you should see a single README.txt file there • Paste them there. This installs the pycurl library.
Run IDLE with Python 2.7.2 • Click Start • Type cmd in the "seasrch program or files" box • Click on cmd.exe • This is the command window. After the prompt, type cd C:\Python27 and Enter • Then type python Lib\idlelib\idle.pyw • This starts IDLE with Python 2.7.2. Go File->Open, and find twitter-stream.py that you downloaded.