installation - Unable to install Python on Windows 8
2014-07
Recently I decided to upgrade from Python 2.7 to Python 3.4 on my Windows 8 laptop. So I uninstalled Py2.7, downloaded the .msi file from python's site and ran it. I found that every installer I tried for both 3.4.1 and 3.4.0 would give me an error saying that part of the installer didn't work. The exact error message is "There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A Program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor." I've never had this kind of problem before and certainly not with Python. Does anyone know of a good way to try and debug this? It's persisting across so many installers that I'm sure it has to be something on my system.
EDIT: Thanks for the tip about the log file. It's very large (larger than I'm allowed to post on this site ~320k characters). Here's the bit right after it says 'fatal error'. This is from running the suggested code on the installer for 3.4.1 64 bit.
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MSI (s) (60:80) [12:14:36:539]: MainEngineThread is returning 1603
MSI (s) (60:64) [12:14:36:539]: RESTART MANAGER: Session closed.
MSI (s) (60:64) [12:14:36:539]: No System Restore sequence number for this installation.
MSI (s) (60:64) [12:14:36:554]: User policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0
MSI (s) (60:64) [12:14:36:554]: Machine policy value 'DisableRollback' is 0
MSI (s) (60:64) [12:14:36:554]: Incrementing counter to disable shutdown. Counter after increment: 0
MSI (s) (60:64) [12:14:36:554]: Note: 1: 1402 2: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Rollback\Scripts 3: 2
MSI (s) (60:64) [12:14:36:554]: Note: 1: 1402 2: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Rollback\Scripts 3: 2
MSI (s) (60:64) [12:14:36:554]: Decrementing counter to disable shutdown. If counter >= 0, shutdown will be denied. Counter after decrement: -1
MSI (s) (60:64) [12:14:36:554]: Destroying RemoteAPI object.
MSI (s) (60:F0) [12:14:36:554]: Custom Action Manager thread ending.
MSI (c) (C4:E8) [12:14:36:554]: Back from server. Return value: 1603
MSI (c) (C4:E8) [12:14:36:554]: Decrementing counter to disable shutdown. If counter >= 0, shutdown will be denied. Counter after decrement: -1
MSI (c) (C4:E8) [12:14:36:554]: PROPERTY CHANGE: Deleting SECONDSEQUENCE property. Its current value is '1'.
Action ended 12:14:36: ExecuteAction. Return value 3.
MSI (c) (C4:E8) [12:14:36:554]: Doing action: FatalError
Action 12:14:36: FatalError.
Action start 12:14:36: FatalError.
Action 12:14:36: FatalError. Dialog created
Action ended 12:14:37: FatalError. Return value 2.
I don't have a concrete answer here, but here's a few rather generic MSI debugging steps that can narrow down the issue:
First, we need to generate a log of the installation. The command msiexec /i installer.msi /l*v log.txt
can do that.
Once you have the log, it's the first thing you can do is search for Error
or FatalError
(as you did do). Note that this occurs in the log after the rollback actions, so you'll need to scroll back up past many pages of FileRemove
, ComponentUnregister
, etc.. In fact, you might find searching for InstallFinalize
and looking directly above that to be more useful (ignore the first occurrence near the top).
Here are the interesting lines from your error log:
MSI (s) (60:80) [12:14:22:868]: Executing op: ActionStart(Name=UpdatePip,,)
Action 12:14:22: UpdatePip.
MSI (s) (60:80) [12:14:22:868]: Executing op: CustomActionSchedule(Action=UpdatePip,ActionType=3090,Source=C:\Python34\python.exe,Target=-m ensurepip -U --default-pip,)
CustomAction UpdatePip returned actual error code 3 (note this may not be 100% accurate if translation happened inside sandbox)
MSI (s) (60:80) [12:14:23:212]: Note: 1: 1722 2: UpdatePip 3: C:\Python34\python.exe 4: -m ensurepip -U --default-pip
MSI (s) (60:80) [12:14:23:212]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Error 3: -2147287038
Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action UpdatePip, location: C:\Python34\python.exe, command: -m ensurepip -U --default-pip
MSI (s) (60:80) [12:14:25:627]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Error 3: -2147287038
MSI (s) (60:80) [12:14:25:627]: Product: Python 3.4.1 -- Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action UpdatePip, location: C:\Python34\python.exe, command: -m ensurepip -U --default-pip
This is an interesting error, and I am not entirely sure why python -m ensurepip -U --default-pip
would be failing. I would suggest perhaps trying to grab a portable copy or compiling from source and then running the command manually, to see if you can get more information. Failing that, you might try contacting the maintainers via IRC, a mailing list or some other method.
And, of course, if you do figure out why please post a self-answer here to help others!
Hooray, Finally after lats of investigation I find the solution, Go to the system path and remove any path address which point to python27 or any other version and run the msi installer.
I need to install Python 2.5 for compatibility with Google App engine. I tried the .msi install, it appeared to run, but never created the directory.
From this page: http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5/ I don't understand why they advertise a Itanium and AMD version, but not a regular Windows 64-bit version - or am I missing it?
Do I really need to download "python-2.5.tgz"?
Update: I ran the AMD64 version, and same problem. I tried to install to c:\Python25, and the directory does not exist after the install. A voice in my head said "Run as Admin", but that option seems to be available on .exe's but not .msi's. After the supposed install, I can see Python in Control Panel - Programs and Features, and can unintsall it.
Update 2 note: I added this second issue as a new question here: Python install puts all files/libs in c: root directory (Windows 7 64-bit)
amd64 is what you're after. AMD were the first to implement the 64-bit extension of the x86 instruction set, then others followed and created their own implementation. The name AMD64 was for marketing, and it sort of stuck. If you're looking for 64-bit software, it may be labeled as x64, 64-bit, x86-64, or amd64.
As per wikipedia:
The term x86-64 is the original naming of a 64-bit extension to the x86 instruction set specified by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and implemented by AMD, Intel, VIA, and others.