KeyWeeUsr added the comment: Re blog post "Why are there so many Python installers?"
> As a result, the old installer always requires administrative privileges just > in case you choose to install for all users. This prevents installation of > Python on machines where you do not have full control over the system. So not true. Read the first command I used, that doesn't require any permission at all. I was able to install Python without any registry or P&F stuff at "Guest" account in an internet cafe where you couldn't even throw stuff to the Trash with the same MSI installer. Notice the "/a" switch, not "/i" (install). Secondly, I'm glad for the change, but the installer is still in an imperfect shape - leaves traces. That makes you able to use only a single version (as mentioned before). Unless, of course, you don't want to copy&paste the whole folder, which although works is also stupid and still requires at least one successful installation with traces in the system. > Always requires administrator privileges <-- no Only allows installation for all users <-- no Only allows configuration at the command line (via msiexec) <-- not sure what the "configuration" means in this context Prevents the executable installer from installing for all users <-- I didn't really use that, but... what? Seems weird. Have you tried with "/a ALLUSERS=1"? It should purge the elevation. Anyway, this has nothing to do with the issue, because what I'm talking about are MSIs that are _extracted_ from the current EXE installer via "/layout" switch. There comes the problem - you can't install from those MSIs (not directly, but probably works with EXE as a casual python installation - I don't want that), because the MSIs are ***corrupted*** in some weird way, probably some debug command is called together with the "/layout" judging from the "-d" string in the filenames - useful only for debugging the inside of the MSIs, otherwise completely unusable. Please, just try to do what I wrote to see what's actually going on. If there is any way how to fix the "/layout" to unpack correctly, ++ for the new installer. Otherwise, although the EXE has a lot of features I use for system-wide interpreter, I hate the change. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue29231> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
