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 Saturday, February 02, 2008

wxPython Installer on Windows Vista?

Bug Report To LazyWeb:

Has anyone had success installing wxPython on Windows Vista using the binary installer package?  I get a generic Windows error and the install crashes.  I'm running Python 2.5 and trying to install wxPython 2.8 (wxPython2.8-win32-ansi-2.8.7.1-py25.exe)

I have never tried wx on Vista.  Has anyone else encountered this?

Update 03/05/08: the installer now works fine on Vista

#    Comments [6] |
Saturday, February 02, 2008 8:48:10 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
For what it's worth, it worked flawlessly first time for me:

C:\code>python
Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Apr 18 2007, 08:51:08) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from wx import *
>>> print wx.__version__
2.8.4.0

Chuck Mason | cemasoniv+goldblogAT NOSPAMgmail dot com
Monday, February 04, 2008 12:13:35 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Did you run the installer as Admin? I run into this all the time, always forget to right click and run as admin. If that's not available (the menu item isn't there, you can run the CMD.exe program as admin and start the installer from the cmd line. Not sure if this is the issue your running into, but it sounds like it.
Steve | scragrahamAT NOSPAMgmail dot com
Monday, February 04, 2008 9:57:31 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
thanks for the tip, but still no luck even when i run as Admin. I've installed this on dozens of machines before without a hitch.. but this is the first Vista box. figures :)
Corey
Monday, February 04, 2008 10:04:36 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
also just noticed I can install wx 2.6.x no prob. It is only the 2.8.x installer thats not working.

Corey
Monday, February 04, 2008 8:37:53 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Hmm, I just installed it on my workstation Vista Business 64-bit and it installed without any errors. I always run the 32bit version of python though. Oh wait...I just noticed the binary you are using is the 'ansi' version. Is there a reason you aren't using the unicode build?
Steve | scragrahamAT NOSPAMgmail dot com
Monday, February 04, 2008 10:32:50 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
I've tried both the ansii and unicode versions.. same failure. I am running Vista Home Basic (32-bit)
Corey
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