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| Started by | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
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| First post | 2014-07-17 02:09 +1000 |
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Re: how to msi install Python to non-default target dir? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-17 02:09 +1000
Re: how to msi install Python to non-default target dir? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-07-16 19:22 +0300
Re: how to msi install Python to non-default target dir? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-17 02:27 +1000
| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2014-07-17 02:09 +1000 |
| Subject | Re: how to msi install Python to non-default target dir? |
| Message-ID | <mailman.11886.1405526990.18130.python-list@python.org> |
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 11:29 PM, Albert-Jan Roskam <fomcl@yahoo.com.dmarc.invalid> wrote: > It needs to be installed to the non-default location "c:\program files\python27". Why must it? Are you aware that many programs have issues with spaces in file names? That's one reason for Python's default installation location NOT being in the stupidly-named Program Files. Putting Python there may cause trouble with, for instance, binary extensions. ChrisA
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| From | Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> |
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| Date | 2014-07-16 19:22 +0300 |
| Message-ID | <87wqbd2rzc.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> |
| In reply to | #74566 |
Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>: > Why must it? Are you aware that many programs have issues with spaces > in file names? That's one reason for Python's default installation > location NOT being in the stupidly-named Program Files. Putting Python > there may cause trouble with, for instance, binary extensions. One of Python's advantages over, say, bash is that it can handle spaces and other funny characters in pathnames. Marko
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| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2014-07-17 02:27 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.11887.1405528043.18130.python-list@python.org> |
| In reply to | #74568 |
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 2:22 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote: > Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>: > >> Why must it? Are you aware that many programs have issues with spaces >> in file names? That's one reason for Python's default installation >> location NOT being in the stupidly-named Program Files. Putting Python >> there may cause trouble with, for instance, binary extensions. > > One of Python's advantages over, say, bash is that it can handle spaces > and other funny characters in pathnames. Both Python and bash can handle spaces just fine. It's applications that have trouble. ChrisA
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