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

[Thomas Ibbotson <thomas.ibbotson@xxxxxxxxx>]

René Dudfield wrote:
> 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,
>   
Ok, I've reinstalled python, both using the administrator account and 
the unpriveleged user account. In both cases pygame doesn't install 
correctly as an unpriveleged user, but does using the administrator account.

I don't have PYTHONPATH set.

Tom