[Zope] Re: Mini-HOWTO: Zope + MySQL under Windows

[Phil Harris]

A Zope/MySQL  installer that installs into the Zope hierarchy is available
at http://www.cs.fhm.edu/~ifw00065/index.shtml.

It says that it's for Zope 2.4.x but also works with 2.5.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy McKay" <andy@agmweb.ca>
To: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 5:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Zope] Re: Mini-HOWTO: Zope + MySQL under Windows


> > > (*) You need a Windows program that can handle tarballs, as
> > > ZMySQLDA, like most Zope "Products", is not distributed as a .zip file
>
> Most Zope products are tarballs, due to the *nix centric community. But
last
> time I checked winzip, power archiver etc all did tar balls.
>
> > > 6. Try to install MySQL-python (filename
> "MySQL-python-0.9.1.win32-py2.1.exe")
> > > (*) This will fail, because the Windows installer program will
> > > only unpack the files if it can find a "Python Installation" directory
> to
> > > unpack it into.  There is no way to specify your Zope Python install
as
> it
> > > will only let you choose a Python install that is finds in the
registry
> (I
> > > *think*).  I.e., you fscking NEED Python to get access to the files.
A
> > > .zip file was not available for download.
>
> Yep, but this is a fault of most python installers and a bit the Zope
> installer. I would fully recommend installing your own python such as
> ActivePython with the win32 extension built in and then you are done.
>
> > > 7. Download and install the win32 Python 2.1.2 (to match your Zope
> 2.5.0's
> > > Python)
>
> You're right thought it aint straightforward.
> --
>   Andy McKay
>
>
>
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