Greetings! my organization uses Python across it's departments but the recent versions of Python do NOT have an MSI download. We use SCCM for deployment of software and because the downloads are all .exe based, the program is no longer in compliance with my organization's security policies. I've looked and I've looked but I cannot find an MSI for this program. IT Guy.
Correct. The installer technology used for the python.org builds
changed some time ago (I think Python 3.4 was the last version to use
an MSI installer).
Paul
On Mon, 9 Sep 2019 at 15:25, Renegad3 Kay
Greetings!
my organization uses Python across it's departments but the recent versions of Python do NOT have an MSI download. We use SCCM for deployment of software and because the downloads are all .exe based, the program is no longer in compliance with my organization's security policies. I've looked and I've looked but I cannot find an MSI for this program.
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FWIW, individual msi files are still available on python.org, e.g. (for 3.7.4 64-bit)
https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.4/amd64/
This is essentially how the web-based installer works. Those msi files map quite nicely to individual options of the exe wrapper, so it shouldn’t be too difficult to figure out what you need (or you can just read the CPython source).
I assume existing versions are guaranteed to work as long as python.org works (otherwise the web-based installer would cease to work), but there’s likely no compatibility guarantees for future releases.
From: Paul Moore
Sent: 09 September 2019 22:29
To: Renegad3 Kay
Cc: Distutils
Subject: [Distutils] Re: Python 3.7.4 MSI
Correct. The installer technology used for the python.org builds
changed some time ago (I think Python 3.4 was the last version to use
an MSI installer).
Paul
On Mon, 9 Sep 2019 at 15:25, Renegad3 Kay
Greetings!
my organization uses Python across it's departments but the recent versions of Python do NOT have an MSI download. We use SCCM for deployment of software and because the downloads are all .exe based, the program is no longer in compliance with my organization's security policies. I've looked and I've looked but I cannot find an MSI for this program.
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While this is technically true, your chances of getting it to work are very slim. If you have a need for an MSI, my best suggestion right now is to take one of our distributions (the package at https://www.nuget.org/packages/python is likely easiest) and use a tool to generate one from that. We require additional maintainers if we are going to maintain more distribution mechanisms. If your organisation is running Windows 10, you can use SCCM to deploy the Store package as well. Depending on your precise needs, that may be an option too. Cheers, Steve On 09Sep2019 1716, Tzu-ping Chung wrote:
FWIW, individual msi files are still available on python.org, e.g. (for 3.7.4 64-bit)
https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.7.4/amd64/
This is essentially how the web-based installer works. Those msi files map quite nicely to individual options of the exe wrapper, so it shouldn’t be too difficult to figure out what you need (or you can just read the CPython source).
I assume existing versions are guaranteed to work as long as python.org works (otherwise the web-based installer would cease to work), but there’s likely no compatibility guarantees for future releases.
*From: *Paul Moore mailto:p.f.moore@gmail.com *Sent: *09 September 2019 22:29 *To: *Renegad3 Kay mailto:krus8r48@gmail.com *Cc: *Distutils mailto:distutils-sig@python.org *Subject: *[Distutils] Re: Python 3.7.4 MSI
Correct. The installer technology used for the python.org builds
changed some time ago (I think Python 3.4 was the last version to use
an MSI installer).
Paul
On Mon, 9 Sep 2019 at 15:25, Renegad3 Kay
wrote: Greetings!
my organization uses Python across it's departments but the recent versions of Python do NOT have an MSI download. We use SCCM for deployment of software and because the downloads are all .exe based, the program is no longer in compliance with my organization's security policies. I've looked and I've looked but I cannot find an MSI for this program.
IT Guy.
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