Installation of mod_python 3.1.3 on Apache 2.0.50 on Windows Me/Win2k

[Lucas Raab]

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"Piet" <pit.grinja at gmx.de> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
> I cannot install mod_python v3.1.3 on either Win2k/ActivePython 2.3.2
> or WinMe/Python 2.3.4. When I run the Windows installer, I get the
> following error message:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "C:\Programme\Python23\Scripts\win32_postinstall.py", line 86,
> in ?
>     apachediroptions = getApacheDirOptions()
>   File "C:\Programme\Python23\Scripts\win32_postinstall.py", line 45,
> in getApacheDirOptions
>     apachekey = regkey(win32con.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,
> "Software").childkey("Apache Group").childkey("Apache")
>   File "C:\Programme\Python23\Scripts\win32_postinstall.py", line 34,
> in childkey
>     return regkey(self.key, subkeyname)
>   File "C:\Programme\Python23\Scripts\win32_postinstall.py", line 32,
> in __init__
>     self.key = win32api.RegOpenKey(parent, subkeyname)
> pywintypes.error: (2, 'RegOpenKeyEx', 'Das System kann die angegebene
> Datei nicht finden.')
> Exception exceptions.AttributeError: "regkey instance has no attribute
> 'key'" in <bound method regkey.__del__ of <__main__.regkey instance at
> 0x00CF1440>> ignored
> *** run_installscript: internal error 0xFFFFFFFF ***
> I checked the registry and found that the key mentioned in the error
> message does indeed not exist. Is this a failure in my apache
> configuration/installation or is the installation package of
> mod_python incorrect? Are there any experiences with the
> abovementioned configuration?
> Thanx in advance
> Peter