Re: python install defies all efforts and leaves programmer a broken shell of a man

On 05/11/2016 11:43 AM, Michael Moore wrote:
> I followed your instructions and got python2 running. I was hoping for
> python3, but python2 should be just fine to learn on . Thanks for your help.

Out of curiosity was that with the EDB installer or the BigSQL one?

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> On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Adrian Klaver
> <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>> wrote:
>
> On 05/10/2016 04:51 PM, Michael Moore wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 4:30 PM, Adrian Klaver
> <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
> <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
> <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>>> wrote:
>
> On 05/10/2016 04:25 PM, Michael Moore wrote:
>
> I think I've tried every combination of postgres 9.4 and 9.5
> and psycopg2 and python. I've used Dependency Walker to
> examine
> dlls and
> read countless web pages. My current error is "ERROR:
> could not
> load
> library "C:/Program
> Files/PostgreSQL/9.4/lib/plpython3.dll": The
> specified procedure could not be found." Many people have
> encountered
> this error and there seems to be no shortage of
> "solutions". So my
> question is, does anybody have a clean set of
> instructions on
> how to get
> python working on a windows install of postgres; any
> version. I'm
> flexible, I can start fresh, I don't care which versions, I
> don't care
> if it's 32 bit or 64 bit. I just want to try it out.
>
>
> How did you install Postgres and from what source?
>
> Where and when are you getting the error message?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>
>
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> Adrian Klaver
> adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
> <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
> <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>>
>
>
> Hi, I installed postgres from http://www.postgresql.org/ . I have
> version 94 and 95 installed and running on my windows 7 machine
> in 64
> bit. I use pgAdmin and these installs are running with no
> problems. I
> get the aforementioned error message when I execute: "
> CREATE EXTENSION plpython3u
> SCHEMA pg_catalog
> VERSION "1.0";'
>
> Also when I try "CREATE PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE 'plpython3u', same
> result.Dependency walker shows a dependency on PYTHON33.DLL and
> there is
> no such file as that either in /lib or /bin. So, according to
> various
> "solution", I should be able to download this missing DLL . I've not
> done this yet because 1) it seems suspicious that a DLL is
> missing from
> the install and 2) I don't tend to trust sites that offer free DLLs.
> Virus city.
>
>
> Do not play in Windows much, but I believe you have to use the
> StackBuilder that is installed along with with the database. Select
> it and then look for the Language Pack section.
>
> Another, recently announced option(though it means uninstalling your
> current cluster, I believe):
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAKq0gv+Gc0i8j=ktQSkMkLJmmTqUHAm=Eza7zLv+MdXCB6H+Bw@mail.gmail.com
>
> http://www.bigsql.org/
>
> I have not tried the above yet, so I can offer no practical advice.
> Also Python is at 2.7.11(http://www.bigsql.org/components.jsp).
>
>
>
> Mike
>
>
>
>
> --
> Adrian Klaver
> adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com <mailto:adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
>
>

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