|
Welcome, and thank you for using ActivePython. This is ActivePython
2.3.5 Build 236. This release corresponds to Python
version 2.3.5. ActivePython provides a one-step installation of all
essential Python modules, as well as extensive documentation. ActivePython
includes:
- the core Python language;
 the Python for Windows
extensions (PyWin32);- Andrew Kuchling's What's New in Python X.Y documentation series;
- the Dive into Python tutorial;
- the An Easy Tutorial to Python tutorial;
- the Python FAQs and HOWTOs;
- a snapshot of the Python PEPs (Python Enhancement Proposals);
- and more.
Binaries for the following platforms are freely available:
- Windows x86 (for Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and 2003)
- Linux x86 (for RedHat 7.3 or later)
- Solaris Sparc (for Solaris 2.6 or later)
This section describes the Python extension modules that are included with
ActivePython.
- Tkinter - Python interface to Tk (version 8.4.7)
- Tix - a popular set of Tk widgets (version 8.1.4)
- zlib - general purpose compression library (version 1.1.4)
- bzip2 - general purpose compression library (version 1.0.2)
- bsddb - interface to the Berkeley DB library (version 4.1.25.NC)
- Mark Hammond's Win32 extensions (build 203+ (20050128)). PyWin32
includes interfaces to Win32 APIs such as COM, MFC, ASP, ODBC. It also
includes the Pythonwin IDE.
The ActivePython distribution includes extensive documentation,
including the core language documentation (library and language
references, etc.) as well as tutorials and additional docs.
On Unix platforms, HTML documentation is installed under the Python
install location in the doc/python2.3 directory. For
example, if ActivePython is installed in
/opt/ActivePython-2.3, then the HTML documentation is
located in
/opt/ActivePython-2.3/doc/python2.3.
On Windows systems, the standard documentation and Windows-specific Python
documentation is installed in Compiled HTML Help (.chm) format and is
accessible from the "Start" menu (Start|Programs|ActiveState
ActivePython 2.3|ActivePython Documentation).
Note: For recent ActivePython releases, the .chm file is also
made available
as a separate download so that users of a Unix .chm reader (for example,
xCHM)
may also use this documentation set.
Updated versions of the HTML documentation are available on
the ActiveState website:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Reference/
ActivePython 2.3.5 Build 236: February 2005
ActivePython 2.4.0 Build 244: February 2005
ActivePython 2.4.0 Build 243: November 2004
ActivePython 2.4.0c1 Build 242: November 2004
ActivePython 2.4.0b2 Build 241: November 2004
ActivePython 2.4.0b1 Build 240: October 2004
ActivePython 2.3.4 Build 233: October 2004
- [Windows] Upgrade to PyWin32 build 203+.
- Add Tix support (Tix is a popular set of Tk widgets).
ActivePython 2.3.2 Build 232: November 2003
- [Windows] Upgrade to PyWin32 (a.k.a. win32all) build 163.
- [Windows] Fix issues regarding win32com cache (bug 28173).
ActivePython 2.2.3 Build 227: November 2003
- [Windows] Upgrade to PyWin32 (a.k.a. win32all) build 162.
- [Windows] Fix issues regarding win32com cache (bug 28173).
ActivePython 2.3.2 Build 231: November 2003
- [Windows] Upgrade to PyWin32 (a.k.a. win32all) build 161.
- Re-add the _tkinter module that was mistakenly not included in build 230
on Linux and Solaris.
ActivePython 2.2.3 Build 226: November 2003
- [Windows] Upgrade to PyWin32 (a.k.a. win32all) build 160.
- Update to Tcl/Tk 8.4.4.
ActivePython 2.3.2 Build 230: October 2003
ActivePython 2.2.3 Build 225: October 2003
ActivePython 2.2.2 Build 224: November 2002
ActivePython 2.2.1 Build 222: April 2002
ActivePython 2.1.3 Build 214: April 2002
ActivePython 2.2.0 Build 221: March 2002
ActivePython 2.1.1 Build 212: July 2001
ActivePython 2.1.0 Build 211: June 2001
ActivePython 2.1.0 Build 210: April 2001
ActivePython 2.0.0 Build 203: March 2001
ActivePython 2.0.0 Build 202: October 2000
ActivePython 2.0.0 Build 201: September 2000
ActivePython 1.6.0 Build 100: August 2000
This section lists known issues with ActivePython and Python:
- ActivePython should not be installed in a path that contains
spaces in it, as the spaces may cause problems for some ActivePython
components. It is recommended that you install ActivePython in the
default location.
- ActivePython 2.3.5 cannot co-exist with other
Python installations based on Python 2.3. This includes
any ActivePython 2.3.x and reference Python
2.3.x releases from python.org. Please uninstall any
Python 2.3-based installations before installing this
ActivePython.
- The following Microsoft knowledge base articles may be helpful in solving
MSI problems:
- On Windows 98, popen() functions may crash the PC when certain versions of
Norton Anti Virus are installed. This includes os.popen(), popen2.popen*() and
win32pipe.popen*()
- On Windows95, Python COM integration will not work, because win32com
registration does not work.
- In certain situations, attempting to use any COM functions may fail. The
error message will usually indicate an inability to load one of
pythoncomxx.dll or pywintypesxx.dll. This generally
indicates that your COM .dlls need to be updated. Visit the COM/DCOM download
pages at
http://www.microsoft.com/com
,
select Resources|Downloads and download the COM/DCOM update
for your system. More details are available on Mark Hammond's Python for
Win32 pages at
http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/InstallationProblems.html
.
- Please send any feedback regarding the installer or any other aspect
of ActivePython to
ActivePython-feedback@ActiveState.com.
- Bug Reports Submit ActivePython bugs to the
ActivePython Bug Database .
Please include all relevant information that you think will help us recreate
the circumstances in which the bug was observed.
- Mailing Lists ActiveState hosts a number of mailing
lists of interest to the Python community, including a list specifically
devoted to ActivePython. See
Mailing Lists on the
ActiveState Programmer Network for more information. For help with the
ActiveState mailing lists, see
Mailing List Help page.
- Installation Support For installation-related support,
send an email to
support@ActiveState.com.
|
