[Distutils] Installing without administrator privileges

Thomas Heller thomas.heller@ion-tof.com
Tue Aug 20 10:21:01 2002


> I encountered the following problem when trying to install a package I had
> generated
> with distutils:
> 
> When the installer was run, it would go through the steps nicely, but
> towards the end, it
> generated two errors:
>         "Could not open key
> Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall"
>         "Could not create key  dsp-py2.1"
Phil,

I have no time to look after thiis right now.
But it will definitely by addressed (there are also some
other problems with bdist_wininst and the registry).
I suggest you file a bug report on SF and assign it to me.

Thanks,

Thomas