Re: [pygame] BUG: Windows - Pygame 1.9.1 with Python 2.6.4 doesn't install correctly

[René Dudfield <renesd@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Thomas Ibbotson
<thomas.ibbotson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thomas Ibbotson wrote:
>>
>> René Dudfield wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Thomas Ibbotson
>>> <thomas.ibbotson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm using the pygame-1.9.1.win32-py2.6.msi installer with a fresh
>>>> install of
>>>> Python2.6. Pygame is not installed correctly, and creates C:\Lib and
>>>> C:\Include directories. I can manually move these into my Python26
>>>> folder to
>>>> fix this. I don't have an APPDATA environment variable set, perhaps this
>>>> is
>>>> being assumed to exist and as it is not set it is being installed in
>>>> C:\?
>>>>
>>>> Tom
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> which version of windows are you using?
>>>
>>> Also, which user did you install it under?
>>>
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>>
>>
>> I'm using Windows XP Professional SP3. I tried to install it both under
>> 'All Users' and 'Just for me', neither worked. The user account I was using
>> was not an administrator account on the system.
>>
>> It also turns out the APPDATA environment variable is set, I just can't
>> see it in the Control Panel->System->Advanced->Environment variables list,
>> but it is in the os.environ dictionary in python.
>>
>> Tom
>
> Update: I just managed to run the installer as an administrator and the
> installation worked correctly. I thought that .msi installers got round the
> issue of having to be an administrator to install things?
>
> Tom
>

yeah, it's usually all worked out for me in the past.  This is the
first I've heard of this problem...  we pretty much use the default
msi installer builder from python with a couple of extensions... so it
should be working ok.

Do you remember which user you installed python under?

I can't find an msi related bug at bugs.python.org (only looked very quickly).

Do you have PYTHONPATH set?  Maybe it is set to "" or "C:\" ?

cheers,