#30933: Users need to be directed to install 32-bit Python for GeoDjango
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Reporter: Adam Starrh | Owner: nobody
Type: | Status: new
Cleanup/optimization |
Component: Documentation | Version: 2.2
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Triage Stage:
| Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Comment (by Adam Starrh):
Basically, this has happened to me a few times over the years. As a casual
programmer, when following the setup docs I habitually install the 64-bit
versions of everything because I figure they should match the OS/chipset.
Inevitably, something fails mysteriously and I spend a lot of time trying
to figure out the problem before converting everything over to 32-bit
where things end up running more smoothly. Because it isn't an obvious
problem, and because it seems to manifest itself in different ways, it
takes a while to realize each time.
I was unable to run migrations after following the setup instructions on a
fresh installation of Windows 10 and choosing the 64-bit versions of
everything. I started over, this time choosing the 32-bit installations of
python and OSGeo4Win, and everything worked smoothly.
This is not the first time I've had this experience. It would really be
helpful as a novice programmer to at least be advised that the 64-bit
version of Python may be problematic and will likely require steps that
are outside the scope of the installation instructions if the user is to
ultimately get it working.
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