[Tutor] Problem with installing python

[Alan Gauld]

On 05/06/15 07:45, Aditya Shaw wrote:
> I was trying to install Python 2.7 on my Windows 8.1(x64) PC and got
> the following error:
> "There is a problem with this Windows Istaller Package.A DLL required
> for this install to complete could not be run.Contact your support
> personnel or package vendor."

It may be a corrupt download.
Since you are using Windows I recommend using the installer from 
Activestate.com rather than the python.org version since it includes 
several useful extras for Windows users.

Try a fresh download from activestate.com and see if that installs.

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