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From novnov
Subject Re: Installing support for python on windows
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In response to Re: Installing support for python on windows  (Adrian Klaver <aklaver@comcast.net>)
Responses Re: Installing support for python on windows  ("Rhys Stewart" <rhys.stewart@gmail.com>)
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Whew, python lang support just installed for me too.

After reading more, it seems that while there is some broken dependency re
DWMAPI.dll on windowsxp systems, it does not affect most programs.
DWMAPI.dll is shown as missing by 'depends' but that exposes delay-loaded
problems that may have little real world impact. The best thread on the
matter seems to be
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/99609816/m/494009191831.
I'd not tried createlang since fixing the basic python and postgres path
issues, and had assumed that the remaining problem exposed by 'depends' was
a show stopper.

I wonder if it should be included in the docs for installing langs that on
windows postgresql\bin and python24 and python24\lib need to be in the path?
And that the current windows installer dll requires python 2.4?

Thanks Adrian for all of your assistance.


Adrian Klaver wrote:
>
> On Monday 01 January 2007 6:24 pm, novnov wrote:
>> Thanks, the depends tools looks very handy, surprising I'd not heard of
>> it
>> before.
>>
>> I found that the postgresql\bin dir must be added to the path.
>>
>> Also, I had python 2.5 installed, and plpython apparently needs python
>> 2.4.
>> I've installed that and added to the path, but there is another
>> dependency
>> missing inside of the python stack, "DWMAPI.dll". Googling DWMAPI.dll
>> gets
>> a mixed bag, but I think that it might be part of IE6, and not IE7 (I
>> have
>> IE7). Maybe the current plpython does not work unless IE6 is installed,
>> because plpython needs python 2.4, which needs IE 6???
>>
>
> I installed with python 2.5 and IE7 with no problem.
>
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