I am trying to install Python 2.5 on Windows XP. It installs into the
root directory on C:\ instead of C:\Python25 which it shows by default
as what it plans to install to. Selecting D:\Python25 on a previous
iteration put the exe in D:\ and did not create a Python25 directory.
On the most recent iteration, when requesting an install to D:
\Python25 it appears to have put files on C:\. I am installing on
Windows XP Professional. When it asks me for whether I want to install
for all users or just me, I select just me. I do not have admin rights
on the machine.
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I manually created C:\Python25 the reran the install program. The
installation program noted that C:\Python25 existed and asked me if I
still wanted to install there. After I said yes it installed to C:\.
With C:\Python25 already existing, I tried to install to C:
\Python25\Pytho n25. It installed to C:\.
TheFlyingDutchm an wrote:
I am trying to install Python 2.5 on Windows XP. It installs into
the root directory on C:\ instead of C:\Python25
BTW, what exactly is behind the idea to install to c:\python25
instead of %PROGRAMFILES%\ python25?
Regards,
Björn
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On Oct 24, 7:27 am, Bjoern Schliessmann <usenet-
mail-0306.20.chr0n.. .@spamgourmet.c omwrote:
TheFlyingDutchm an wrote:
I am trying to install Python 2.5 on Windows XP. It installs into
the root directory on C:\ instead of C:\Python25
BTW, what exactly is behind the idea to install to c:\python25
instead of %PROGRAMFILES%\ python25?
Regards,
Björn
--
BOFH excuse #339:
manager in the cable duct
That's just the default place that Python wants to install to. I
suppose one reason for this is because DOS is stupid when it comes to
spaces in paths. Other than that, I don't know why the Python
developers chose that as the default location.
Mike
TheFlyingDutchm an <zz******@aol.c omwrote:
>
I am trying to install Python 2.5 on Windows XP. It installs into the
root directory on C:\ instead of C:\Python25 which it shows by default
as what it plans to install to. Selecting D:\Python25 on a previous
iteration put the exe in D:\ and did not create a Python25 directory.
Where did you get the installer? I've installed Python on Windows many,
many times, and have never seen this issue.
--
Tim Roberts, ti**@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
Besides preferring an install path that doesn't have spaces...
Which I don't understand (works best for me, and is best practice in
Windows).
On a proper XP (or later) system, one needs ADMIN privileges to
install/modify the contents of %PROGRAMFILES%. Any user can
probably install to a top-level "python25" directory.
Really? That's a strange world. The normal place for user stuff is
his Files directory.
But it would be no problem to make a Python25 directory
user-writable, no matter where it is.
Regards,
Björn
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BOFH excuse #58:
high pressure system failure
On Oct 24, 11:22 pm, Tim Roberts <t...@probo.com wrote:
TheFlyingDutchm an <zzbba...@aol.c omwrote:
I am trying to install Python 2.5 on Windows XP. It installs into the
root directory on C:\ instead of C:\Python25 which it shows by default
as what it plans to install to. Selecting D:\Python25 on a previous
iteration put the exe in D:\ and did not create a Python25 directory.
Where did you get the installer? I've installed Python on Windows many,
many times, and have never seen this issue.
--
Tim Roberts, t...@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
from python.org. I doubt many people get this or it would be fixed
but it still is shocking how it can prompt me that the installation
directory exists - showing that it fully knows where it is supposed to
install it - and then go ahead and install it to the root directory
and claim success. It also uninstalls Python if you ask it to so any
screwy settings from a previous install should be removed after the
uninstall, but it also fails to install correctly after an uninstall.
On Oct 25, 12:36 pm, TheFlyingDutchm an <zzbba...@aol.c omwrote:
On Oct 24, 11:22 pm, Tim Roberts <t...@probo.com wrote:
TheFlyingDutchm an <zzbba...@aol.c omwrote:
>I am trying to install Python 2.5 on Windows XP. It installs into the
>root directory on C:\ instead of C:\Python25 which it shows by default
>as what it plans to install to. Selecting D:\Python25 on a previous
>iteration put the exe in D:\ and did not create a Python25 directory.
Where did you get the installer? I've installed Python on Windows many,
many times, and have never seen this issue.
--
Tim Roberts, t...@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
from python.org. I doubt many people get this or it would be fixed
but it still is shocking how it can prompt me that the installation
directory exists - showing that it fully knows where it is supposed to
install it - and then go ahead and install it to the root directory
and claim success. It also uninstalls Python if you ask it to so any
screwy settings from a previous install should be removed after the
uninstall, but it also fails to install correctly after an uninstall.
I've never had any problems getting Python to install on Windows XP
SP2. I have had a few issues with getting Python in the system path,
especially when I have multiple versions of Python installed.
My guess is that Windows itself may be getting goofy. I know that if I
use Windows heavily for a year and a half or so (uninstalling and
installing lots of programs), it usually starts acting flakey. A fresh
install of the OS always helps those situations.
Alternatively, you could just change the directory to "C:\Py", install
it there and then rename it "C:\Python2 5". Then go to the registry and
do a search and replace as well as make sure the Environmental
Settings are fixed accordingly. Yes, it is a pain.
Mike
Bjoern Schliessmann wrote:
Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
>Besides preferring an install path that doesn't have spaces...
Which I don't understand (works best for me, and is best practice in
Windows).
Best practice? Says who?
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