[osgeo4w-dev] Python on the registry

[Lucena, Ivan]

Hi there,

OSGeo4W installer does not add Python the Windows registry, right?

The problem with that is when you try to run any ".exe" package distribution it stop and say: "Could not find Python 
on the registry" and there is no browser button to look for it. Examples: Mapplotlib and mod_python installers.

Here is what I did and it worked fine:

{{{
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.5]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.5\InstallPath]
@="C:\\OSGeo4W\\apps\\Python25"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Python\PythonCore\2.5\PythonPath]
@="C:\\OSGeo4W\\apps\\Python25\\Lib;C:\\OSGeo4W\\apps\\Python25\\DLLs;C:\\OSGeo4W\\apps\\Python25\\Li
b\\lib-tk"

}}}

But I would like teach some "end-user" kind of people how to easily install 'Python+GDAL+Numpy+PyLab' and that 
would be helpful to eliminate this windows registration step. If they can't find the "egg"s.

Is that intentional? To avoid conflict with other Python installations maybe. I bet it is related to user's permission. 
Right?

Best regards,

Ivan