Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3a.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'python.': 0.02; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'url:activepython': 0.09; 'url:activestate': 0.09; 'windows,': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:Problem': 0.16; 'appropriate': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'help.': 0.21; 'install': 0.23; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'dll': 0.24; 'package.': 0.24; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'tried': 0.27; 'vendor': 0.30; 'getting': 0.31; 'there,': 0.34; "i'd": 0.34; 'could': 0.34; 'problem': 0.35; 'installing': 0.36; 'url:downloads': 0.36; 'error.': 0.37; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; "you're": 0.61; 'complete': 0.62; 'contact': 0.67; 'received:12': 0.81; 'installer': 0.84 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Emile van Sebille Subject: Re: Problem Installing Python Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:02:50 -0700 References: <1410463898.85725.YahooMailNeo@web161503.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: www.westernstatesglass.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.6.0 In-Reply-To: <1410463898.85725.YahooMailNeo@web161503.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 20 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1410476625 news.xs4all.nl 2939 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:33236 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:77782 On 9/11/2014 12:31 PM, osemen tosin wrote: > Hi there, > > I tried installing Python and I could not continue without getting this > error. > > "There is a problem with this installer package. A DLL required for this > install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or > vendor package." > > Please I need your help. Well, I suspect you're on windows, so I'd recommend you download and install the appropriate activestate distribution of python. See http://www.activestate.com/activepython/downloads Emile