- Windows Installer Engine (MSI) Windows 9x and NT users
must have the Microsoft Windows Installer engine installed on their system.
(Note: Windows NT users must be logged in as an administrator
in order to install the MSI engine.) The MSI engine package can be downloaded
from:
Directory Name Do not install ActivePython to a
directory that contains spaces in the name. This causes problems on some
variants of Windows with some service pack levels. We recommend you use the
default directory suggested during the installation.
Directory Contents If you are installing ActivePython to
an existing directory, ActivePython's setup may overwrite files in that
directory. We recommend that you install ActivePython to a new or empty
directory.
Other Python 2.2 Installations On Windows,
ActivePython 2.2 cannot coexist with other Python 2.2 installations
(for example, the reference implementation of Python 2.2). Uninstall
any other Python 2.2 installations before installing ActivePython 2.2.
If you have problems importing certain modules after installation, please
check these things before submitting a bug report.
To install ActivePython, download the installation package and run it by
double-clicking on it. Follow the prompts.
It is recommended that you run the ActivePython installation file
from an account with administrative privileges. This will allow
other users to use ActivePython, and will ensure that all of ActivePython's
features function. Installing ActivePython without
administrative privileges has the following limitations:
- The Python ActiveX scripting engine feature will be unavailable.
- Windows NT/2000 users will not be able to write Services.
- Environment variables cannot be set.
- File associations for Python files cannot be set.
- Any registry entries created are under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER and
not under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
You can install ActivePython from the command line. For example:
c:\> msiexec ActivePython-<version>.msi
ActivePython's installer uses Windows Installer technology. This allows you
to partially control the install from the command line. (MSI command options
are passed via the '/v' option.) For example:
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You can have the ActivePython installer run with a reduced user interface.
For example, the following will install silently and only pop up a dialog when
the installation is complete.
c:\> msiexec ActivePython-<version>.msi /qn+
The following will install with no user interface at all.
c:\> msiexec ActivePython-<version>.msi /q
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You can generate a log of the ActivePython installation with the following
command. Note that 'l', here, is a lower case letter 'L' (and not the number
'1'). The following command will generate a log of the install in
"install.log".
c:\> msiexec ActivePython-<version>.msi /l*v install.log
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Command line options can be used to configure ActivePython installation
properties. For example, the following will install ActivePython to
"D:\myapps\Python", instead of the default:
c:\> msiexec ActivePython-<version>.msi INSTALLDIR=D:\myapps\Python
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ActivePython is divided into a number of distinct features. In the
"Custom Setup" dialog you can select which features to install. You can also do
this on the command line with the ADDLOCAL property. For example, the following
command will install just the core ActivePython functionality (i.e. not the
PyWin32 extensions or the documentation.
c:\> msiexec ActivePython-<version>.msi ADDLOCAL=core
The current set of ActivePython features are
core
win32api
win32com
pythonwin
documentation
where the hierarchy denotes dependencies, I.e. to install
pythonwin you must install win32api.
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These command line options can all be brought together. For example, the
following command will silently install just the ActivePython core and
documentation to "C:\myapps\Python".
c:\> msiexec ActivePython-<version>.msi /qn+ INSTALLDIR=C:\myapps\Python ADDLOCAL=core,documentation
The RedHat-compatible package is in RPM format. This package has been tested
with RedHat 6.2, but is expected to be compatible with other RedHat 6.x and 7.x
compatible installations. It should be installed as root, using the following
command:
% rpm -i ActivePython-<version>.rpm
ActivePython is installed into the /usr/local/ActivePython-2.2 directory.
Add the /usr/local/ActivePython-2.2/bin directory to your PATH environment
variable for quicker access. For example, in the Bash shell:
% export PATH=/usr/local/ActivePython-2.2/bin:$PATH
The generic ActivePython "AS package" installer allows you to
install the package anywhere that the user has write permission. Download the
distribution to a temporary directory, extract the files, change to the
ActivePython directory and then run the script 'install.sh'.
The installation script will prompt you for the target installation directory.
% tar xzf ActivePython-<version>.tar.gz
% cd ActivePython-<version>
% ./install.sh
Add the bin directory to your PATH environment variable for quicker access.
For example, in the Bash shell (assuming you installed into
/home/guido/ActivePython-2.2):
% export PATH=/home/guido/ActivePython-2.2/bin:$PATH
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