Fuzzyman wrote: > A lot of 'exe' installers are special types of zip archvies. You might > be able to open it using winzip or winrar and do a manual install.
Interesting suggestion that would never have occured to me. One of the unzippers I tried (IZArc) did show me a directory of the contents, but it would still not let me extract the files. > Another alternative is to use the free VMWare player to create a fresh > windows install that will run in a window. You can then install Python > 2.3 and your application and extract the files you need to see if you > can make it work under Python 2.4. So I tried this and copied the files from my virtual machine to the site-packages folder on my real Python 2.4 machine, I then ran into there being a compiled extension. > > If the application contains compiled extensions then they won't be > portable from Python 2.3 to Python 2.4 - however the application will > almost certainly run with Movable Python 2.3 (which won't interfere at > all with your Python 2.4 install). > > http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/movpy/ I could use a virtual machine with 2.3 installed, but neither option appeals to me right now as I want to use the rest of my Python installed stuff (and Eclipse Pydev) stuff - which is why I wanted to continue with Python 2.4 in the first place. I have got a copy of the C source for the extension, can anybody give me/point me a cookbook recipe for making my own version of the extension that will play with 2.4? This is for Windows XP and I don't currently have a C compiler installed. > Fuzzyman Some great suggestions. Thanks, Don. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
