sqlite-python-0.2.0.win32-py2.2.exe fails

[Gerhard Häring]

Comcol <comcol at ukmail.com> wrote:
> Gerhard Häring <gerhard.haering at gmx.de> wrote:
> > * Comcol <comcol at ukmail.com> [2002-07-06 06:50 -0700]:
> > > I tried to run sqlite-python-0.2.0.win32-py2.2.exe on a Windows 95
> > > machine, but it failed due to a page fault. *Sigh*
> > Now that doesn't solve your problem. What we need to debug your problem
> > is a core dump, or DrWatson file, or whatever it's called on Win95.
> > Does anybody here know by chance how to produce it?
> 
> Before we do this ...
> 
> The actual problem is with the original exe itself (i.e. the INSTALLATION
> program - the self-extracting executable). It reports an unhandled
> exception (COMCTL32.DLL) 0xC0000005: Access Violation.

In other words, there's a general problem with the installers created with
the installers created with Python distutils. It would be worthwhile to
find out what the problem really is, but for now, I'll try to produce a
workaround.

> I don't think that this is of use to you, though. As far as I know
> there's nothing wrong with PySQLite itself, but with the self-extracting
> installation program. If the distribution had been available as a zip
> file then I would probably be able to install it.

Nothing's easier that that.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=54058

now has an additional file called pysqlite-0.2.0.zip. You can install it by
unzipping it and issuing a "python setup.py install" in the pysqlite-0.2.0
directory that gets created. If Python is not in your path, you need to
provide the complete path, something like
"c:\python22\python setup.py install" on a command prompt.

> > PPS: Have you installed all updates for Windows 95? Service Pack 1?
> 
> Good Lord no. I don't know where one could get a service pack anyway.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/

With zero updates, even without the Winsock update, it's a wonder anything
runs at all on your machine <0.5 wink>

Gerhard
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