[Biopython] Windows installer does not find Python 2.63 with multiple pythons

[Peter]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Mike Lisanke <mikelisanke at gmail.com> wrote:
> Peter,
>
> The problem was python-2.6.3-amd64 for which their is a
> numpy-1.3.0-win-amd64-py2.6 installer. Is there a reason
> NumPy and BioPython have a specific dependency to
> work with the AMD64 build of python?

Are you running on 64 bit Windows then? XP or Vista?

It sounds like you are trying to mix 32 and 64 bit versions
of Python.

If you installed the 64 bit version of Python and Numpy,
then you will need a 64 bit compiled version of Biopython
too - but we don't have one of those yet. We'd need a
developer or a volunteer with a 64bit Windows machine
to do this.

You should be to install a 32 bit version of Python,

http://python.org/ftp/python/2.6.3/python-2.6.3.msi

plus the 32 bit Windows installer for Numpy:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy/files/NumPy/1.3.0/numpy-1.3.0-win32-superpack-python2.6.exe/download

and the 32 bit Windows installer for Biopython:

http://biopython.org/DIST/biopython-1.52.win32-py2.6.exe

(i.e. look for win32 in the filenames, not amd64).

Peter