On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 8:29 AM, Albert-Jan Roskam <fo...@yahoo.com.dmarc.invalid> wrote: > hi, > > I am trying to create a .bat file where (among other things) Python will have > to be silently installed. > It needs to be installed to the non-default location "c:\program > files\python27". Any idea how this can be done? > I keep getting the 'Help' menu, indicating that something went wrong. I've > been fighting with this for like an hour now! :-( > > I followed this structure [1]: msiexec /i (yourFile).msi > TARGETDIR=C:\YourBin\YourApp > > The following does NOT work (I added the cd/md commands later, idem for the > /qb) > > y:\>set PYTHONDIR="c:\program files\python27" > y:\>cd /d "c:\program files" > y:\>md python27 > y:\>cd /d %temp% > y:\>msiexec /i python-2.7.3 TARGETDIR="%PYTHONDIR%" /qb
I'm assuming this is retyped and you missed the '.msi' in retyping? If not, that may be your issue. Also, 'set' doesn't require quotes around a value with spaces, and you're also quoting %PYTHONDIR% when you use it in the msiexec command, so you're actually double-quoting the dir name (which could also be the issue). And, not necessarily an issue that would prevent installing, but you may want to make sure you're in the correctly-bitted Program Files directory if you're on 64-bit Windows (%PROGRAMFILES% for 64-bit, %PROGRAMFILES(x86)% for 32-bit; %PROGRAMFILES(x86)% will not be defined on 32-bit Windows or in a 32-bit process on 64-bit Windows). -- Zach -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
