[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-481972 ] Explanation of installation

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Bugs item #481972, was opened at 2001-11-14 21:19
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Category: Installation
Group: Feature Request
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: David Abrahams (david_abrahams)
Assigned to: Tim Peters (tim_one)
Summary: Explanation of installation

Initial Comment:
Can someone describe for me the relationship between 
the directory structure that comes in the source 
distribution and what I get on my disk when installed 
under Windows?  Some things are not in the same place, 
and I can't make rhyme nor reason of it.

Thanks,
Dave
david.abrahams@rcn.com

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>Comment By: David Abrahams (david_abrahams)
Date: 2001-11-15 04:12

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Hi Tim,

Usually I install using the windows installer, and 
eventually need to get the source so I download it 
elsewhere; then I usually need the "_d" version so I build 
that from the source. The two "installations" seem 
different to me, and I'm not certain of all the ways in 
which they differ. Just for example, when I build on 
Windows, the executable(s) end up in the PCBuild 
subdirectory. Is there a standard for how a Windows 
installation should look?

Why do I care? I've been making a build/test install 
system, which needs to link with/invoke python.

Thanks,
Dave


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Comment By: Tim Peters (tim_one)
Date: 2001-11-14 21:39

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David, I'm not clear on what "installed" means to you.  Are 
you building from source yourself, or using the PythonLabs 
Windows installer?  If the latter, the Windows distribution 
is a precompiled distribution of a subset of the source 
tree, plus a number of precompiled "external" packages 
(like bsddb, zlib, expat, and Tcl/Tk).  The Python source 
distro is pruned on Windows to reflect that a vast majority 
of our Windows users have no compiler, and no interest in 
anything outside of Lib/ and a few of the Tools/ 
directories.

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