Installing Python 232 onto CD-ROM

[Barry Newberger]

Wanted to install Python 2.3.2 for Windows onto a CD-ROM. Problem, my
high-speed connection is on PC with no CD burner. My solution: install
onto USB removable cartridge, move the cartridge to my "other" computer
and burn image of the cartridge onto the CD. Oh silly me.
Installation onto the cartridge, and so far, so good. Install and runs
hunky-dory from the removable. Burn onto the CD, and launch. Now fails
with an "import site failed" error. After hitting the documentation,
heck the sys.path list and no \lib\site-packages subdirectory. (Running
from the removable, this subdirectory does appear. And the subdirectory
is on both the CD-ROM and removable cartridge.) Add a .pth file with
the subdirectory string. Still no good.

Crying uncle at this point.

TIA,

Barry Newberger

[Chris Liechti]

Re: Installing Python 232 onto CD-ROM

Barry Newberger <bnsbp@texas.ne t> wrote in news:bnsbp-
F285E6.14070206 122003@news.tex as.net:
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> Wanted to install Python 2.3.2 for Windows onto a CD-ROM. Problem, my[/color]

is there a reson to NOT use py2exe ?

chris

[Mike Huffman]

Re: Installing Python 232 onto CD-ROM

> heck the sys.path list and no \lib\site-packages subdirectory. (Running[color=blue]
> from the removable, this subdirectory does appear. And the subdirectory
> is on both the CD-ROM and removable cartridge.) Add a .pth file with
> the subdirectory string. Still no good.
>[/color]

Are you by any chance trying to run the CD-ROM on a Windows 98 system?

Python is case-sensitive with regard to loading modules. However, Windows 98
does not seem to retain Windows 2K/XP case for 8.3 file names.
For example, os.pyc in Windows 2K/XP becomes OS.PYC on Windows 98, and
you typically get a message like " 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback "

Try setting the environment variable PYTHONCASEOK to some non-zero value.
The command
set PYTHONCASEOK=1
worked for me.

Mike Huffman

[Peter Hansen]

Re: Installing Python 232 onto CD-ROM

Chris Liechti wrote:[color=blue]
>
> Barry Newberger <bnsbp@texas.ne t> wrote in news:bnsbp-
> F285E6.14070206 122003@news.tex as.net:
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> > Wanted to install Python 2.3.2 for Windows onto a CD-ROM. Problem, my[/color]
>
> is there a reson to NOT use py2exe ?[/color]

Perhaps he wants to run Python itself, and not a specific
application?

[JanC]

Re: Installing Python 232 onto CD-ROM

mike@mhuffman.c om (Mike Huffman) schreef:
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> Are you by any chance trying to run the CD-ROM on a Windows 98 system?
>
> Python is case-sensitive with regard to loading modules. However,
> Windows 98 does not seem to retain Windows 2K/XP case for 8.3 file
> names. For example, os.pyc in Windows 2K/XP becomes OS.PYC on Windows
> 98[/color]

That's the default behaviour in Win9x, but you can change it.

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JanC

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