Unable to Install Python 2.4.1rc1 on windows XP SP2

[sergiocorreia]

BPO	1162677
Nosy	@loewis
Files	python.zip: Hopefully non-corrupt log

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closed_at = <Date 2005-03-27.20:42:10.000>
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title = 'Unable to Install  Python 2.4.1rc1 on windows XP SP2'
updated_at = <Date 2005-03-27.20:42:10.000>
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[sergiocorreia]

First of all, YES i had everything i needed to install,
and yes i read the info on the site.

When i tried to install python-2.4.1c1.msi (or even
ActivePython-2.4.0-244-win32-ix86.msi), install "ended
prematurely because of an error".

I tried everything but, after a while i found a way to
avoid the bug.

I was installing from "F:\Docs\Varios\Sandbox".. i
moved the msi file to C:\ and then the install (both,
python and activepython) worked out perfectly.

Folders were not shared, restricted, compressed or on a
network (it was a normal local hard disk).

Any ideas on why that happened?

Thanks

PS: Sorry about the sp. mistakes. I am not very fluent
on technical english.

[loewis]

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No, but I know how to find out. Please run, in a cmd.exe window,

msiexec /i python-2.4.1c1.msi /l*v python.log

Compress python.log with Winzip, and attach the resulting
file to this report.

As a wild guess: could it be that F: is SUBSTed?

[sergiocorreia]

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Thanks for the reply.

So i uninstalled it, tried again from
the "F:\Docs\Varios\Sandbox" folder, got the same error, and
attached the log.

Btw, F: is a physical drive, and its not SUBSTed.

=)

Oh, the last lines of the log were:
=== Logging stopped: 15/03/2005 00:54:23 ===
MSI (c) (24:A0) [00:54:23:153]: Note: 1: 1708
MSI (c) (24:A0) [00:54:23:153]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Error 3: -
2147287038
MSI (c) (24:A0) [00:54:23:153]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Error 3: -
2147287038
MSI (c) (24:A0) [00:54:23:153]: Product: Python 2.4.1c1 --
Installation failed.

MSI (c) (24:A0) [00:54:23:163]: Grabbed execution mutex.
MSI (c) (24:A0) [00:54:23:163]: Cleaning up uninstalled install
packages, if any exist
MSI (c) (24:A0) [00:54:23:173]: MainEngineThread is
returning 1603
=== Verbose logging stopped: 15/03/2005 00:54:23 ===

[loewis]

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Can you please check that the file downloads correctly? I get a zipfile, but
that only contains a garbage python.log (i.e. no text file). Perhaps you can
try to attach it uncompressed?

[sergiocorreia]

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I uploaded the file again, downloaded it and it worked. ^_^

[loewis]

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Unfortunately, I have still no clue what could be causing
this problem. Message 1708 means "Installation operation
failed.", message 2262 is "Stream does not exist: [2].
System error: [3]." Here, 2: is meant to be the stream name

• but Installer does not try to use any stream name.

I'm also confused that you say you are running from
f:\Docs\Varios\Sandbox, yet the log file says that the
package being installed is "C:\python-2.4.1c1.msi" (see the
first lines of the log file); the value of OriginalDatabase
is supposed to point to the file you have msiexec'ed.

Since you have a work-around, I'll be closing this as "won't
fix".