help with Python installation

[gujax]

Hi,
I have been trying to install python on my Win ME system for over two
years - gave up for a while and now I am back with a resolve to solve
the problem. I tried all versions of python but having installation
problems for all. Installation does not proceed and I get a message
saying "dll required for installation could not be run". I do not even
know what to do next. I also tried Activepython. It installs but when
I try to open it from Start->Programs->ActivePython 2.6, I get an
error window saying - upgrade windows.
Is there no solution at all to installing python on WinME. I have
checked registry several times online and have sought professional
help but so far no success.
Thanks, I will appreciate any help
gujax

 

[rantingrick]

Hi,
I have been trying to install python on my Win ME system for over two
years -

Wow 2 years!, you must have the patience of a saint!

Installation does not proceed and I get a message
saying "dll required for installation could not be run".

Did it say "what" dll did not run, did have a name?

I do not even
know what to do next. I also tried Activepython. It installs but when
I try to open it from Start->Programs->ActivePython 2.6, I get an
error window saying - upgrade windows.

Hmm, have you tried "upgrading windows, just a wild guess!

 

[Rick Dooling]

Hi,

I have been trying to install python on my Win ME system

Try this:

http://tinyurl.com/w7wgp

RD

 

[ssteinerX]

I do not even

Hmm, have you tried "upgrading windows, just a wild guess!

Hey, not everyone can afford to upgrade Windows and some hardware just can't handle the "new, improved" versions.

How about we all chip in to buy him a copy of Ubuntu? Oh, wait, it's free...

S

 

[Steve Holden]

Try this:

http://tinyurl.com/w7wgp

That explains how to install Python on Windows *XP*. Windows ME is no
longer a supported platform - the tools used to create it just aren't
able to support platforms that old.

regards
Steve

 

[staticd]

I have been trying to install python on my Win ME system for over two
years - gave up for a while and now I am back with a resolve to solve
the problem.

Dude. Give up. There are a ton of __free__ distroz of linux out
there. Your troubles are not worth the effort. Why do I say this?
Let's say you do, eventually, figure out what's wrong. Now what?

Why are you so attached to this machine with ME on it?

nd

 

[Arnaud Delobelle]

Hi,
I have been trying to install python on my Win ME system for over two
years - gave up for a while and now I am back with a resolve to solve
the problem. I tried all versions of python but having installation
problems for all. Installation does not proceed and I get a message
saying "dll required for installation could not be run". I do not even
know what to do next. I also tried Activepython. It installs but when
I try to open it from Start->Programs->ActivePython 2.6, I get an
error window saying - upgrade windows.
Is there no solution at all to installing python on WinME. I have
checked registry several times online and have sought professional
help but so far no success.
Thanks, I will appreciate any help
gujax

The docs (*) say that Python 2.5 is still compatible with Windows 9X
and ME, but that support for these platform was dropped at 2.6. So
you should be able to install and run Python 2.5.

(*) http://docs.python.org/using/windows.html#installing-python

 

[gujax]

Try this:

http://tinyurl.com/w7wgp

RD

I gave it a shot but the site installs the same version of
ActivePython which did install on my computer but does not open any
command windows. See my earlier posted e-mail.
Thanks anyway,

 

[gujax]

Dude.  Give up.  There are a ton of __free__ distroz of linux out
there.  Your troubles are not worth the effort.  Why do I say this?
Let's say you do, eventually, figure out what's wrong.  Now what?

Why are you so attached to this machine with ME on it?

nd

I agree with you. I have a CD of Xubuntu. I tried booting up with the
CD and was impressed. I noticed few problems with screen resolution,
window size etc. I am not yet sure which distroz is the best for an
instrument with a 512 Mb RAM, 700MHz pentium III chip and about 10Gb
mem. Not sure if this is the right forum for this topic though,
And no, I am not at all attached to Win, though wouldn't say the same
for my computer.
Cheers,
gujax

 

[John Yeung]

I agree with you. I have a CD of Xubuntu. I tried
booting up with the CD and was impressed. I noticed
few problems with screen resolution, window size etc.

Though it may be worth working out any niggling problems to switch to
Linux, I don't think you should feel pressured to switch if you are
comfortable with Win ME on that particular machine.

And no, I am not at all attached to Win, though wouldn't
say the same for my computer.

It sounds like you could have switched to Linux and resolved any
configuration problems in the two years you've been trying to install
Python. But that said, I have used older versions of Python
without any trouble on Win ME. In fact, I still have a Win ME machine
running 2.5.2.

According to the docs, you have to have Microsoft Installer 2.0
(freely downloadable from Microsoft if necessary) to use the 2.5 MSI
distribution:

http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5.4/

If for whatever reason you can't or don't want to do this, 2.3 still
has an EXE distribution:

http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.3.5/

John

 

[gujax]

The docs (*) say that Python 2.5 is still compatible with Windows 9X
and ME, but that support for these platform was dropped at 2.6.  So
you should be able to install and run Python 2.5.

(*)http://docs.python.org/using/windows.html#installing-python

Hi,
Yes indeed, Python 2.5 worked and so did numpy and scipy for this
version. Thanks to all for your inputs. There are now issues with
plotting - graph plotting using pylab does not work nor does the Tck-
Tk, but for now I am satisfied. Hopefully I will plod my way through.
I should have read the documentation properly to realize that Win ME
is not supported for later versions,
Thanks again
Gujax