Can Python be run off of a CD-ROM?

[Fredrik Lundh]

Gerhard Häring wrote:

> >>Grab a Python directory, copy the python{major}{minor}.dll from
> >>%SYSTEMROOT%\system32 into this Python directory.
> >
> > is the part after the comma really necessary?
> >
> > (all installers I've ever used or created install the core DLL in the
> > Python directory as well.  are there installers out there that don't
> > do that?)
>
> The Pythonlabs (or should it be called python-dev installer by now?) installer
> doesn't do this. At least not in the Windows 2000 and XP installations I use.

depends on the version, I suppose.  the python.org installer I used on
this machine sure left a python23.dll in the c:/python23 directory.

tim? thomas?

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