commit 9fdf4e657d89ad2dcd13f58aa3789a5172c45086 Author: David Fifield <david@bamsoftware.com> Date: Sat Nov 24 00:49:32 2012 -0800 Fuller documentation on installing Python. --- doc/windows-deployment-howto.txt | 17 ++++++++++++++--- 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/windows-deployment-howto.txt b/doc/windows-deployment-howto.txt index 3573aaf..5c0e22c 100644 --- a/doc/windows-deployment-howto.txt +++ b/doc/windows-deployment-howto.txt @@ -24,10 +24,21 @@ be present on the system in order for PyInstaller to bundle them. Bundling also requires a Windows Python installation and PyInstaller. -1. Python +1. Python http://python.org/download/ -The official 2.7.3 Windows binary can be found at -http://www.python.org/download/. +Get the latest 32-bit installer in the 2.x series. +http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.3/python-2.7.3.msi +http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.3/python-2.7.3.msi.asc +There are instructions for verifying the signature on the download page. +$ gpg --verify python-2.7.3.msi.asc + +Run the installer. "Install for all users". You can disable "Tcl/Tk", +"Documentation", "Utility Scripts", and "Test suite". + +Set the PATH environment variable as described at +http://docs.python.org/2/using/windows.html#configuring-python +PATH=...;C:\Python27 +You will have to restart your shells to pick up the new PATH. 1.5 pywin32 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/