[Spambayes] Spambayes needs admin privileges to install

Amedee Van Gasse amedee at amedee.be
Sun May 3 19:16:59 CEST 2009


skip at pobox.com schreef:
>     Amedee> Strange, because strictly speaking spambayes is a user tool, not
>     Amedee> a system tool. It shouldn't need elevated privileges.
> 
> Can't help there.
> 
>     Amedee> How can I manually install Spambayes? I also downloaded the zip
>     Amedee> file, but it isn't obvious for me what I should do next.
> 
> Probably unzip it, install Python then run 
> 
>     pythonn setup.py install

I will try that.
I just hope that the Python installer doesn't need admin privs either... *g*

> Why didn't you just download the installer and run it?  Do you have a strong
> need for a source-based install on Windows?

But I just explained! The installer needs administrative privileges to
run! Perhaps you didn't notice the mail subject? ;-)

Kind regards,
Amedee

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 835 bytes
Desc: OpenPGP digital signature
URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/spambayes/attachments/20090503/854435d6/attachment.pgp>


More information about the SpamBayes mailing list