[Qgis-user] Problems at installing python plugins on 1.3.0 Mimas Windows - Standalone

[Tim Sutton]

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Werner Macho wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Yes ArcGIS brings it's own copy of Python with it (with ArcGIS 9.2 it is
> Python 2.4).
> And of course ArcGIS sets the System wide Path to it's own version of
> Python.
> Probably this PATH isn't cleaned out when uninstalling ArcGIS? I never
> tried it.
> 
> I'd recommend investigating the PATH and uninstalling the Python24 from
> ArcGIS also - if it doesn't get uninstalled automatically by cleaning
> out arcgis..
> 

Agustin if that is the case try typing

set

at the command prompt and look what it says for your python path. If it
shows some esri path then maybe you need to clear that in your system
settings. In a future package, I could try to set the python path to the
QGIS install dir before launching QGIS.

Regards

Tim


> good luck
> 
> Werner
>> Tim,
>>
>> This is a problem with all python plugins. The problem only happens to
>> 2 students
>> out of ~20 and seems related to the presence (even former presence) of
>> arcgis (which, I think, has it's own copy of python, am I wrong?). The
>> intriguing
>> point is that Antonio says that uninstalling arcgis does not solve the
>> problem.
>> Any hint appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Agus
> 
> 


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