meg99 wrote: > On Jul 12, 4:35 pm, Paul McNett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> meg99 wrote: >>> On Jul 12, 4:24 pm, Paul McNett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> meg99 wrote: >>>>> I just downloaded 2.5 and read the readme file. It says "Before you >>>>> can build Python, you must first confiigure it....Start by running the >>>>> script "./configure". >>>>> I can't find "./configure" >>>>> I am running Windows XP SP2 >>>> You downloaded the wrong file. You want the Windows >>>> Installer:http://python.org/ftp/python/2.5.1/python-2.5.1.msi >>> My applogies - I did download and install 2.5.1 >> In that case, open up your command window (Start|Run "cmd" <enter>). >> >> Type 'python' at the c:\ prompt. >> >> Or, Start|All Programs|Python 2.5|IDLE
> I opened the command window and typed 'python' > got 'not recognized as a command' Add c:\python25 to your Windows system path. > went to the python25 folder and typed 'python' > got the >>> prompt Good! Python is installed and working normally. > typed './configure' > got 'no Python documentation found for './configure' You don't need to ./configure. That's for when you are going to compile Python from source code into a binary, which you don't need to do because you installed a precompiled binary for Windows. -- pkm ~ http://paulmcnett.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
