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(GUIDE IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND IS NOT YET COMPLETE) Copyright 2011 SRI International

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

> http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

(Guide created for Windows 7 64-bit environment; different tools may be required for different Windows environments.)

#Prerequisites

###Windows 7 64-Bit

1. Install Git

  • Install Git here
  • Click Run and follow setup instructions
    • Click Next
    • Click Next
    • Choose the path where you want to install it by clicking Browse...
    • Click Next
    • Keep the default selected components and click Next
    • If you would like to select a different folder for the shortcuts click Browse..
    • Click Next
    • Select Use Git Bash Only and click Next
    • Select Checkout Windows-style, commit Unix-style line endings and click Next
    • Click Finish

2. Install 7-Zip

  • Install the 64-bit .msi file here
  • Click Run and follow the setup instructions
    • Click Next
    • Accept the terms in the Licence Agreement and click Next
    • Choose the path you want to install it in by clicking Browse...
    • Click Next
    • Click Install
  • If successful, when right clicking on any file you should now have a 7-Zip option

3. Configure Internet Information Services (IIS)

  • Enable IIS and the correct IIS tools
    • Click Start -> Control Panel -> Programs -> Turn Windows features on or off
    • Check the box next to Internet Information Services
    • Expand Internet Information Services and check the box next to Web Management Tools if it not already filled in
    • Also be sure the box next to World Wide Web Services is checked
    • Expand Application Development Features inside of World Wide Web Services and check the boxes next to CGI and ISAPI Extensions
    • Click OK to save your changes

4. Enable FastCGI module for IIS

Python

Python 2.7.2 32-bit

  1. Install the Windows x86 MSI Installer(2.7.2)(sig) here
  2. Click Run and follow setup instructions
    • Choose Install for all users
    • Choose your Destination Directory (default is C:\Python27)
    • Click Next when asked to Customize Python 2.7.2
  3. Once installation is complete, add Python to your system path
    • Click Start -> Right click Computer -> click Properties -> click Advanced system settings -> click Environment Variables
    • Highlight the Path variable under System variables and click Edit...
    • Add [Directory]\Python27;[Directory]\Python27\Scripts; to the end of Variable value (ex: if Python was downloaded in your C:\ root, you would add C:\Python27;C:\Python27\Scripts;)
    • Click OK to exit the Edit System Variable Window, then click OK to exit the Environment Variables window, then click OK to exit the System Properties window

Python Setuptools

  1. Install the Windows executable, setuptools-0.6c11.win32-py2.7.exe, here
  2. Click Run and follow setup instructions
    • Click Next when prompted
    • Make sure Python Version 2.7 is highlighted and click Next
    • Click Next again to being the install
    • Click Finish when done

Pip

  1. Open the Windows command prompt (Start -> search for cmd)

  2. In the command prompt, enter the command easy_install pip and it will load pip on your machine, then you can proceed to install the other necessary modules:

  3. virtualenv pip install virtualenv

  4. pylons pip install pylons

  5. ijson pip install ijson

  6. flup pip install flup

  7. pyparsing pip install pyparsing

  8. iso8604plus pip install iso8601plus

  9. Go here and install, lxml-2.3.win32-py2.7.exe

  10. Click Run and follow setup instructions

    • Click Next when prompted
    • Make sure Python Version 2.7 is highlighted and click Next
    • Click Next again to begin the install
    • Click Finish

  11. Visit here and download yajl-2.0.1.tar.gz

    • Go into your Downloads folder and find the lloyd-yajl-2.0.1.tar.gz file
    • Right click on the lloyd-yajl-2.0.1.tar.gz file, hover over 7-Zip and choose Extract Here
    • Right click on the new lloyd-yajl-2.0.1.tar file, hover over 7-Zip and choose Extract Files...
    • Click the ... button and navigate to [Directory]\Python27\Lib and click OK

Py2exe

  1. Go here and install the py2exe-0.6.9.win32-py2.7.exe Windows installer
  2. Click Run and follow setup instructions
    • Click Next when prompted
    • Make sure Python Version 2.7 is highlighted and click Next
    • Click Next again to begin the install
    • Click Finish when done

Pywin32

  1. Go here and install the pywin32-216.win32-py2.7.exe Windows installer
  2. Click Run and follow setup instructions
    • Click Next when prompted
    • Make sure Python Version 2.7 is highlighted and click Next
    • Click Next again to begin the install
    • Click Finish when done
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