[IPython-dev] A cry for help: I give up with Windows installers
Viktor Ransmayr
viktor.ransmayr at t-online.de
Fri Jun 11 15:43:04 EDT 2004
Hi Fernando,
You wrote:
> I wrote:
>
>> Hi Fernando,
>>
>> I've tried to build the windows-installer from source using
>> "IPython-0.6.1.cvs.tar.gz".
>>
>> Executing "python setup.py bdist_wininst
>> --install-script=ipython_win_post_install.py"
>> I get the following traceback:
>>
>> removing 'build\bdist.win32\wininst' (and everything under it)
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "setup.py", line 130, in ?
>> ipython_win_post_install.run(wait=1)
>> File
>> "D:\Environments\Python\IPython\IPython-0.6.1.cvs\ipython_win_post_install.py",
>> line 83, in run
>> shutil.copy(sys.prefix+'\\Scripts\\ipython',ip_filename)
>> File "D:\Python23\lib\shutil.py", line 71, in copy
>> copyfile(src, dst)
>> File "D:\Python23\lib\shutil.py", line 37, in copyfile
>> fsrc = open(src, 'rb')
>> IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
>> 'D:\\Python23\\Scripts\\ipython'
>
>
> OK, I get it. It's my mistake, I never thought the installer would be
> _built_ under windows, so my setup.py is kind of hacked. I'll try to
> fix it and provide an updated one tomorrow. Can you get CVS code?
>
Yes, I can. - At the moment I'm mostly working w/ the CVS-Variant that
is distributed w/ MSYS.
- However should this turn out to cause problems I'd switch to whatever
variant you suggest.
> Many thanks for your help, hopefully with a bit of collaboration we
> can fix the windows issues. Especially now that Gary's stuff is
> working so well, I'd love to provide full support for Windows users.
I'm glad, if I can help.
Regards,
Viktor
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