[mod_python] NIGHTMARE Installing mod_python on windows

py pan wrote:
> Does mod_pyhton stop supporting windows ?
> 
> I'm trying to install it on windows, which is supporsed to be a
> trivial task. But it's not.
> 
> ---
> 
> First I searched the doc about installation in current version of mp,
> and was surprised to find that the official documentation of mp
> doesn't even have a section for installation in Windows !!.
> 
> ---
> 
> Then I searched the net and found some info, which said that what's
> required is a mod_python.dll and need to copy some folder(s) manually
> into the pythonx.x\Lib.
> 
> I looked for mod_python.dll but couldn't find it. I figured that this
> approach is for the older version of mod_python so I didn't go along.
> 
> ---
> 
> Then I searched the net, and found so-called "mod_python window installer":
> http://www.lehuen.com/nicolas/download/mod_python/
> 
> There are two files in that folder currently:
> mod_python-3.1.3.win32-py2.3.exe
> mod_python-3.2.0-dev-20050428.win32-py2.4.exe
>  
> I tried the first one, which seems to install nicely. But when I tried
> it in python:
> 
> 	>>> from mod_python import apache
> 	Traceback (most recent call last):
> 	  File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
> 	  File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\mod_python\apache.py", line 28, in ?
> 	    import _apache
> 	ImportError: No module named _apache
> 
> I went to check the installed mp in
> c:\python2.4\Lib\site-packages\mod_python, and found that there's no
> _apache there. What also surprised me is that there's no subfolders in
> that folder.
> 
> ---
>  
> I tried the second file
> (mod_python-3.2.0-dev-20050428.win32-py2.4.exe) and got the same
> error.
> 
> ---
> 
> So, what's the deal here ? mod_python gave up the windows users or what ?
> 
> 
> pan
> 
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