<br clear="all">-- <br>anatoly t.<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Ralf Schmitt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ralf@systemexit.de">ralf@systemexit.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">"Ibon Net" <<a href="mailto:netibon@justemail.net">netibon@justemail.net</a>> writes:<br>
<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> trying to get lxml for my Python-on-Windows7, I ended up installing the<br>
> setuptools. But when running it, the installer complains (after the<br>
> first "Next" button)<br>
><br>
> "Python version 2.7 required, which was not found in the registry".<br>
><br>
> Pressing "Ok" presents a table headed by<br>
><br>
> "Python 2.7 is required for this package. Select installation to use:"<br>
><br>
> but the table is empty, and the two fields below for python and<br>
> installation directories are read-only.<br>
><br>
> Of course, I do have python installed - running "Python" will give my a<br>
> console window running the interpreter which states<br>
><br>
> "Python 2.7.2 (default, Jun 12 2011, 14:24:26) [MSC v.1500 64 bit<br>
> (AMD64)] on win32"<br>
<br>
</div>looks like you're trying to install a 32 bit installer for a 64 bit<br>
python.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
><br>
> There are entries for .py files etc in the registry - but obviously not<br>
> the ones the tool is looking for...<br>
><br>
> What can I do? What more do you need to know?<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>Download the source distribution and install that.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Wait. Why not to fix this in distutils itself?</div><div><a href="http://code.google.com/p/pythonxy/source/detail?r=ddeb3982593a0569bcc0fc392b56cbf65962491d&repo=xy-27">http://code.google.com/p/pythonxy/source/detail?r=ddeb3982593a0569bcc0fc392b56cbf65962491d&repo=xy-27</a></div>
<div> </div></div>-- <br>anatoly t.<br><br>