Hi all, I've just tried to install PyGTK, PyGObject and PyCairo on a squeaky-clean WinXP virtual machine. The system has not had Windows updates applied yet. I used the Python 2.5.1 installer from www.python.org, then I ran the installers at http://www.pygtk.org/downloads.html
But when I ran those, I got an error saying that MSVCR71.dll was not available on my system. This was believable, as I understand it that DLL was released since WinXP was first released, so it requires a new or updated system. However, clearly the installer could do a better job. When I look at the Python directory on my system, c:\Python25, I can see that Python has installed this DLL at c:\Python25\msvcr71.dll. It seems that the PyGObject, PyCairo and PyGTK packages should be detecting that DLL in this location. When I copy the msvcr71.dll file to c:\Windows\system32, the above installers (well, I check with PyGObject anyway) no longer complain. Is there any chance that the Windows installers for PyGTK etc could be fixed for this case? Reason for my paranoia here is that I am working on a binary distribution of a program that installs PyGTK as part of its own installation process, and I want the installation to work without a hitch on new systems. I guess that with Vista there would not be any such problems. Cheers JP _______________________________________________ pygtk mailing list [email protected] http://www.daa.com.au/mailman/listinfo/pygtk Read the PyGTK FAQ: http://www.async.com.br/faq/pygtk/
