Installing Python 2.5.4 from Source under Windows

[Paul Franz]

Thanks.

Paul Franz

Martin v. Löwis wrote:
>> I have looked and looked and looked. But I can not find any directions
>>
>> on how to install the version of Python build using Microsoft's
>> compiler. It builds. I get the dlls and the exe's. But there is no
>> documentation that says how to install what has been built. I have read
>> every readme and stop by the IRC channel and there seems to be nothing.
>>
>> Any ideas where I can look?
>>     
>
> You would need to take many manual steps: copy files around, add
> registry keys, and so on. There is no real automatic procedure.
> In essence, just match what the python.org installer does, by hand.
>
> What *is* supported is creating an MSI installer out of your build
> tree. See Tools/msi for details.
>
> Regards,
> Martin
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