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Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 07:33:00 -0700
From: Albert-Jan Roskam <fomcl@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: how to msi install Python to non-default target dir?
To: Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com>
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=A0=0A----- Original Message -----=0A> From: Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pyl=
ist@gmail.com>=0A> To: Albert-Jan Roskam <fomcl@yahoo.com>=0A> Cc: Python <=
python-list@python.org>=0A> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 3:47 PM=0A> Subj=
ect: Re: how to msi install Python to non-default target dir?=0A> =0A> On W=
ed, Jul 16, 2014 at 8:29 AM, Albert-Jan Roskam=0A> =0A> <fomcl@yahoo.com.dm=
arc.invalid> wrote:=0A>>  hi,=0A>> =0A>>  I am trying to create a .bat file=
 where (among other things) Python will =0A> have to be silently installed.=
=0A>>  It needs to be installed to the non-default location "c:\program =0A=
> files\python27". Any idea how this can be done?=0A>>  I keep getting the =
'Help' menu, indicating that something went =0A> wrong. I've been fighting =
with this for like an hour now! :-(=0A>> =0A>>  I followed this structure [=
1]: msiexec /i (yourFile).msi =0A> TARGETDIR=3DC:\YourBin\YourApp=0A>> =0A>=
>  The following does NOT work (I added the cd/md commands later, idem for =
the =0A> /qb)=0A>> =0A>>  y:\>set PYTHONDIR=3D"c:\program files\python27"=
=0A>>  y:\>cd /d "c:\program files"=0A>>  y:\>md python27=0A>>  y:\>cd /d %=
temp%=0A>>  y:\>msiexec /i python-2.7.3 TARGETDIR=3D"%PYTHONDIR%" /qb=0A> =
=0A> I'm assuming this is retyped and you missed the '.msi' in retyping?=0A=
=0AYes, typo, sorry. I was working in an environment without email access.=
=0A=0A> If not, that may be your issue.=A0 Also, 'set' doesn't require quot=
es=0A> around a value with spaces, and you're also quoting %PYTHONDIR% when=
=0A> you use it in the msiexec command, so you're actually double-quoting=
=0A> the dir name (which could also be the issue).=A0 =0A=0AThat was it, th=
ank you!!=0A=0A>And, not necessarily an=0A> issue that would prevent instal=
ling, but you may want to make sure=0A> you're in the correctly-bitted Prog=
ram Files directory if you're on=0A> 64-bit Windows (%PROGRAMFILES% for 64-=
bit, %PROGRAMFILES(x86)% for=0A> 32-bit; %PROGRAMFILES(x86)% will not be de=
fined on 32-bit Windows or=0A> in a 32-bit process on 64-bit Windows).=0A=
=0AGood point. The easiest solution would be to write=A0one .bat for 32bit =
and one for 64bit.=0A=0AThanks again!!=A0