[pygtk] problem installing PyGTK on a clean WinXP system

[Dave Aitel]

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I had someone attempting to install Python 2.5.1 on Windows Vista
recently as well and failing. For some reason the .msi is not
compatible with Vista.

It would be great to have a community supported installer for all of
the PyGTK requirements for Windows. I'm happy to host it if we get one!

- -dave


John Ehresman wrote:
> John Pye wrote:
>> That was a good thought; I missed that. The installer executable
>> itself is broken. Which confirms that this is an issue with
>> distutils.
>
> Yes, it does look like the pyobject installer .exe is relying on
> msvcr71.dll being available -- which is a bad assumption because it
>  is not an operating system provided .dll.  I suggest that the next
>  step is to report or fix the bug in that installer (or not use it
> and just install the files directly).
>
> Cheers,
>
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