Missing DLL in win98

[Spyder42]

I hope this is the right place to ask this, and appologise if it's
not. I'm trying to install 2.6.5 in Win98 se final. It says "a
required dll could not be run". Do I have to upgrade my whole OS just
to install this, or is there a fix I can apply to 98 to make it work.
The installer doesn't say what dll is missing, just that it is.

Thanks in advance.
L8r
Spyder

 

[Spyder42]

Python 2.6 is not supported on Windows 98 and earlier. You need at least
Windows 2000 with a recent service pack.

Christian

So your response is either, you don't know if there is a fix, or 'No
way in h377.' You couldn't figure out by my post that I already knew
that?

 

[Spyder42]

Let me paraphrase my answer:

You can't run Python 2.6 on Windows 98 because we have dropped support
for any Windows older than Windows 2000 SP4. It's documented at
http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/2.6.html#port-specific-changes-windows ,
too.

Christian

Yes, I get that. So your answer is... You have no idea as to weather
there is a workaround, or a fix, or patch or anything that would help.
right? I don't consider buying an OS to be a valid workaround.

Thanks
Spyder

 

[nn]

Yes, I get that. So your answer is... You have no idea as to weather
there is a workaround, or a fix, or patch or anything that would help.
right? I don't consider buying an OS to be a valid workaround.

        Thanks
        Spyder

Correct. If you use Windows 98, you are stuck at the 2.5 series of
Python. As far as I know (Christian might correct me) there is no fix
or patch to allow otherwise.

The usual volunteers that build the Windows version of Python don't
care about the extra work of maintaining Windows 98 support anymore
and nobody else has stepped forward to do it or to pay somebody to do
so.

 

[Chris W]

Yes, I get that. So your answer is... You have no idea as to weather
there is a workaround, or a fix, or patch or anything that would help.
right? I don't consider buying an OS to be a valid workaround.

        Thanks
        Spyder

Then the workaround is to use an older version of Python, or use a
modern version of a free OS.

 

[Terry Reedy]

So your response is either, you don't know if there is a fix, or 'No
way in h377.' You couldn't figure out by my post that I already knew
that?

Get off your high horse. Dumping on volunteer helpers is a good way to
drive them away.

It was not obvious, without closely reading your original post, and even
then it is not clear, that you *knew* than 2.6 was not supported on
Win98. You could have asked 'I know 2.6+ is not officially supported in
win98. Does anyone know a workaround other than upgrading windows or
sticking with 2.5?". *That* would have been clear.

Terry Jan Reedy

 

[Spyder42]

Get off your high horse. Dumping on volunteer helpers is a good way to
drive them away.

It was not obvious, without closely reading your original post, and even
then it is not clear, that you *knew* than 2.6 was not supported on
Win98. You could have asked 'I know 2.6+ is not officially supported in
win98. Does anyone know a workaround other than upgrading windows or
sticking with 2.5?". *That* would have been clear.

Terry Jan Reedy

I'm sorry, but if I asked where the nearest gas station was, I
wouldn't expect someone to answer, "You can't get there because your
out of gas."

I had a specific question and I got a non-specific non-answer.
If they didn't know, they should not have answered.

It was not obvious, without closely reading your original post...

So it WAS obvious to anyone who was PAYING ATTENTION?
Life is not a dress rehersal. If you don't get it right, things like
the BP's oil spill, Chernobyl, and 3 mile island happen. Perhaps I'm
being extreme, but computer programs underly our entire civilization
today. Computers dump stock, and Billions are lost, needlessly
affecting everyones life. Trains crash, boats sink, and psychos like
me go off the deep end, because no-one is paying attention.

L8r
Spyder

 

[Gabriel Genellina]

I had a specific question and I got a non-specific non-answer.
If they didn't know, they should not have answered.

You didn't state your question as clearly as you appear to think.

So it WAS obvious to anyone who was PAYING ATTENTION?

It is not obvious to me at least, even after closely reading your
post.
All I can deduce from it is that you assumed you would have a better
chance upgrading your OS, not that you *knew* your current OS was
officially unsupported.
Christian Heimes gave you the right answer, even if it was not the
answer you expected.

 

[Martin v. Loewis]

Am 04.06.2010 14:38, schrieb Spyder42:

I hope this is the right place to ask this, and appologise if it's
not. I'm trying to install 2.6.5 in Win98 se final. It says "a
required dll could not be run". Do I have to upgrade my whole OS just
to install this, or is there a fix I can apply to 98 to make it work.

There is no fix. IIUC, it (actually) complains about some symbols
missing from kernel32.dll (perhaps in addition to some DLLs missing).

Yes, you do have to upgrade your whole OS just to install this.

Regards,
Martin

 

[Terry Reedy]

That is not what I said, as indicated by a further line you snipped.

I think Terry just wanted to be kind to you by not saying you're
completely wrong.

Yes, I was trying to gently educate. To put it plainer, it is the
responsibility of question askers to make the question clear. If there
is confusion, the asker should blame himself if anyone. Askers should,
if saying anything, thank, not punish, anyone who responde with the
intention of answering or helping.

Terry Jan Reedy