On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 23:55, Tony Cappellini <cappy2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is OT, but I can't seem to get an answer on CLP. > > Has anyone else had problems running the msi for Python 2.6.6 on > Windows 7 Professional? > > If I don't check "Compile .py to byte code", the installer completes > without error. > > Checking "Compile .py to byte code" causes the following to be > displayed > > "There is a problem with the windows installer package. A program run > as part of setup did not complete as expected" > > 1. I have GB of disk space available. > 2. I have admin privileges > 3. The MD5 checksum of the downloaded installer matches the MD5 > checksum on python.org > 4. Run As Adminsitrator is not available when I Shift-Right Click > (probably because my login already has admin privileges) It's a known bug in the installer. I'd have to dig through the tracker to find the issue numbers, but I reported this issue for a 3.1.x installer and tested out a fix which appeared to work. The fix might not have been backported to 2.x, though.
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