installingpyjamasandpyjamasdesktopforwindows
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(article contributed by Mike Truty)
I write in with questions from time to time and I really like Pyjamas. I noticed some concern about getting Pyjamas running on Windows in some posts and I wanted to verify that I got Pyjamas running on Windows today in around 30minutes with the following recipe. It's really straightforward and this is Windows Vista 64-bit SP1. This is just a checkpoint to reinforce that Pyjamas and Pyjamas Desktop are functional on Windows. Big thanks to lkcl for his GREAT work and I'm sure others as well! Mike Here is the short recipe: INSTALL PYJAMAS AND DEPENDENCIES: 1. Open an Administrator command-line and do everything from there. 2. Install Python 2.6.2 for Windows. A. Download Python 2.6.2 for Window from: http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.6.2/python-2.6.2.msi B. Run the installer from the command line and choose all the defaults. C. Mine installs to C:\Python26 3. Download Pyjamas: You can do this via Sourceforge (Option 1) or if you're feeling daring, Git (Option 2) Option 1: A. Download from http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyjamas/files/pyjamas/0.6/pyjamas-0.6... B. Extract. C. Mine installed to C:\Pyjamas\v6 D. You may have issues if pyjamas is installed to a directory with a space in it's path. Option 2: A. Install msysgit from: http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/downloads/detail?name=Git-1.7.3.1-preview20101002.exe&can=2&q= B. Install TortisGit from: http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/downloads/detail?name=TortoiseGit-1.5.8.0-32bit.msi&can=2&q= C. Create a directory C:\Pyjamas\ D. Open an explorer window, and navigate to the C:\ drive. E. Right click on the Pyjamas directory and select Git Clone. F. Enter the URL: https://github.com/pyjs/pyjs.git The code will download after hitting OK G. After this point, wherever C:\Pyjamas\v6 replace it with C:\Pyjamas\pyjamas\ 4. Install comtypes 0.6.1. A. Download from http://sourceforge.net/projects/comtypes/files/comtypes/0.6.1/comtype... B. Run installer from the command line. C. Mine seems to create files under C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages \comtypes. 5. [Optional?] Install Python for Windows Extensions (pywin32) from: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/Build%20214/pyw... A. I'm not sure if this is even necessary anymore.
(lkcl: no, it's not)
B. I did install it by running the installer from the command line. C. It does seem to add some packages/files under C:\Python26\Lib \site-packages. 6. Permanently update the path for Python and Pyjamas. A. Go to System Properties. B. Open the advanced tab, then click on the Environmental Variables button C. I added the following to my path system variable: c:\python26;c:\Pyjamas \v6\bin; (If you used Git, add c:\python26;c:\Pyjamas \pyjamas\bin; the bin directory will be created after running bootstrap.py) D. Close/re-open the Admin command line. CONFIGURE PYJAMAS AND PYTHON ON WINDOWS: Initialize Pyjamas and create/update the bin directory: A. cd C:\Pyjamas\v6 (If using Git, C:\Pyjamas\pyjamas) B. > python bootstrap.py I modified my bin\pyjsbuild.bat. I'm not sure if there is a better way to fixup PYTHONPATH. set _OLD_PYTHONPATH=%PYTHONPATH% set PYTHONPATH=c:\bin\pyjamas\v6; python C:\Pyjamas\v6\bin\pyjsbuild.py %CMD_LINE_ARGS% set PYTHONPATH=%_OLD_PYTHONPATH% Then, I created a corresponding command for the desktop runs called pyjd.bat: @echo off set CMD_LINE_ARGS= :setArgs if ""%1""=="""" goto doneSetArgs set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%CMD_LINE_ARGS% %1 shift goto setArgs :doneSetArgs set _OLD_PYTHONPATH=%PYTHONPATH% set PYTHONPATH=c:\bin\pyjamas\v6; python %CMD_LINE_ARGS% set PYTHONPATH=%_OLD_PYTHONPATH% FIX PROBLEMS
(lkcl: this fix is in latest svn, it'll be in the next release)
I had to fix a problem that lkcl has already corrected. msxml2.dll is not present on these systems however msxml3.dll is. So, I edited pyjamas\v6\pyjd\mshtml.py and changed GetModule('msxml2.dll') to: GetModule('msxml3.dll')
(lkcl: likewise)
There's an issue that lkcl has already corrected that we can sidestep easily. This will need to be more thoroughly corrected to run anything that uses a Timer for it's fine for these samples. Edit pyjamas\v6\library\pyjamas\Timer.py and delete the line with gobject in it. RUN EXAMPLES Run helloworld in a browser: A. cd examples\helloworld B. I create a build.bat in sample directories: @echo off pyjsbuild.bat --print-statements Hello C. Run it: output\Hello.html NOTE: Chrome does not run files on the hard drive by default The hello world example won't work unless you open using the flag: --allow-file-access-from-files See: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=40787 Run helloworld from the desktop: A. cd examples\helloworld B. I create a run.bat in the sample directories: @echo off pyjd Hello.py C. Run it: run.bat Run KitchenSink in a browser: A. cd examples\kitchensink B. I create a build.bat in sample directories: @echo off pyjsbuild.bat --print-statements KitchenSink C. Run it: output\KitchenSink.html Run KitchenSink from the desktop: A. cd examples\kitchensink B. Create run.bat just like in helloworld but this time with kitchensink.py. C. Run it: run.bat Step back in awe and admire the work of a great community!