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diff --git a/PC/setup_nt/readme.txt b/PC/setup_nt/readme.txt index 4b9bccc..eeca4ca 100644 --- a/PC/setup_nt/readme.txt +++ b/PC/setup_nt/readme.txt @@ -2,17 +2,19 @@ Python 1.4beta3 for Windows NT 3.5 ================================== The zip file pyth14b3.zip contains a preliminary binary release of -Python 1.4beta3 for Windows NT 3.5, with Tcl/Tk support. The -installation has not been tested on Windows '95 or Windows 3.1 with -Win32s. For general information on Python, see http://www.python.org/. +Python 1.4beta3 for Windows NT 3.5 and Windows '95, with Tcl/Tk +support. The installation has not been tested on Windows 3.1 with +Win32s. For general information on Python, see +http://www.python.org/. To install: Unzip the archive in the root of a file system with enough space. It will create a directory \Python1.4b3 containing subdirectories Bin and -Lib and files setup.bat and setup.py. (If you don't have a zip -program that supports long filenames, get the file winzip95.exe and -install it -- this is WinZip 6.1 for 32-bit Windows systems.) +Lib and some files, including setup.bat, setup.py, uninstall.bat, and +uninstall.py. (If you don't have a zip program that supports long +filenames, get the file winzip95.exe and install it -- this is WinZip +6.1 for 32-bit Windows systems.) Run the SETUP.BAT file found in directory just created. When it is done, press Enter. @@ -35,6 +37,10 @@ environment variables. E.g. if you installed Tcl/Tk in C:\TCL (the default suggested by the installer), set TCL_LIBRARY to "C:\TCL\lib\tcl7.5" and set TK_LIBRARY to "C:\TCL\lib\tk4.1". +On Windows '95, you also need to add the directory "C:\TCL\bin" (or +whereever the Tcl bin directory ended up) to the PATH environment +variable. (Sorry, I don't know how to do this myself :-( ) + Once Tcl/Tk is installed, you should be able to type the following commands in Python: @@ -44,6 +50,16 @@ commands in Python: This creates a simple test dialog box (you may have to move the Python window a bit to see it). Click on OK to get the Python prompt back. -August 30, 1996 +To uninstall: + +Run the batch file UNINSTALL.BAT. This will run the Python script +uninstall.py, which undoes the registry additions and removes most +installed files. The batch file then proceed to remove some files +that the Python script can't remove (because it's using them). The +batch file ends with an error because it deletes itself. Hints on how +to avoid this (and also on how to remove the installation directory +itself) are gracefully accepted. + +September 3, 1996 --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) |