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Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary

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Date 2014-03-22 09:25 +1100
Subject Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.8372.1395441071.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 9:05 AM, cool-RR <ram.rachum@gmail.com> wrote:
> I downloaded it, but the MSI won't install. It didn't work on both of my computers (Windows 7 64bit).
>
> What the hell. Was python.org hacked by communists?

First question: Where did you download from? What file did you get?

(First and a halfth question: When you say "won't install", exactly
what do you mean? Error message? Hard drive exploded in a fiery
inferno? Your boss tapped you on the shoulder and said "Kill that
process"?)

Secondly, do you have a tool for checking the MD5 hash of a file?
Compare the file you have against the official checksum:

https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-340/

I'm slightly surprised the python.org installers have MD5s and not
something more cryptographically secure; there are GPG signatures, but
it takes a bit more fiddling to check those.

Finally, take the simple approach: Re-download the file, straight from
python.org, and see if it happens again.

ChrisA

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Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary cool-RR <ram.rachum@gmail.com> - 2014-03-21 15:05 -0700
  Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary cool-RR <ram.rachum@gmail.com> - 2014-03-21 15:08 -0700
  Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-22 09:25 +1100
    Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary cool-RR <ram.rachum@gmail.com> - 2014-03-21 15:34 -0700
      Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary cool-RR <ram.rachum@gmail.com> - 2014-03-21 15:34 -0700
        Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-03-21 22:44 +0000
          Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-03-21 22:58 -0500
            Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-22 15:15 +1100
              Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-03-21 23:30 -0500
                Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-03-21 23:36 -0500
                Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-22 15:46 +1100
                Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary Mark H Harris <harrismh777@gmail.com> - 2014-03-21 23:59 -0500
                Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-03-22 01:54 -0700
                Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-03-22 10:54 +0000
                Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-03-22 01:24 -0400
                Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-22 09:50 +0000
                Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-03-22 06:14 -0400
                Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-22 16:32 +1100
                Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-03-22 11:25 -0400
            Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-03-22 10:51 +0000
            Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-22 14:50 +0000
              Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-23 02:09 +1100
                Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-23 01:07 +0000
      Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-22 09:42 +1100
        Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary cool-RR <ram.rachum@gmail.com> - 2014-03-21 15:50 -0700
    Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary cool-RR <ram.rachum@gmail.com> - 2014-03-21 15:55 -0700
      Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-03-21 21:39 -0400
        Re: Python MSI not installing, log file showing name of a Viatnemese communist revolutionary cool-RR <ram.rachum@gmail.com> - 2014-03-22 03:57 -0700

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