Installation sometimes fails on Win7 64-bit

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Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit OS. Robot Framework 2.7.1 with python-2.7.3. 
Downloaded robotframework-seleniumlibrary-2.8.1.win-amd64.exe to install. 
Installation crashes, see screenshot. 

Original issue reported on code.google.com by maaret.p...@gmail.com on 24 Apr 2012 at 11:15

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I haven't yet been able to reproduce the problem.

Tested with:
Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit OS
RF 2.7.1
robotframework-seleniumlibrary-2.8.1.win-amd64.exe
Python 2.7.2 (win32)

I'll try to make my environment more like the one in the original issue .. lets 
see what happens.

Original comment by mikko.ko...@gmail.com on 24 Apr 2012 at 12:25

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Tested also Python 2.7.3 (amd64) on 64bit Windows 7 Home Premium and got no 
problems.

I'm pretty sure the Win7 flavor doesn't matter, though, and that the problem is 
somewhere else. From the error message in the attached screenshot alone it is 
pretty much impossible to tell what is going wrong. Unfortunately I don't have 
any good ideas what more information you could provide, though.

Instead of fighting with this weird and very annoying installation bug, I 
recommend you to install the library using the source distribution. Just 
download the source distribution from the download page, extract the package 
somewhere, and run `python setup.py install` on the created directory.

If you are planning to use Robot and/or Python more, even better alternative is 
installing Python package manager pip <http://pip-installer.org> that also 
supports upgrading and installation. Then you can install the library simply 
with `pip install robotframework-seleniumlibrary`. All Robot related Python 
libraries/tools ought to be pip installable nowadays so it really eases your 
life if you want to install plenty of them. 

Original comment by robotframework@gmail.com on 24 Apr 2012 at 12:31

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Maaret, are you sure you have 64bit Python installed? You should have got 
'Windows X86-64 MSI Installer' from http://python.org/download/releases/2.7.3/.

Original comment by robotframework@gmail.com on 24 Apr 2012 at 12:35

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Python 2.7.3 (amd64) on Windows 7 Professional - could not reproduce.

Original comment by mikko.ko...@gmail.com on 24 Apr 2012 at 12:36

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I'm sure I have 64-bit python installed (python-2.7.3.amd64.msi). I have Robot 
framework installation ending with error message (still installed, so it seems) 
and selenium library crashing at installation. Not a very positive first 
experience. 

I'll check still if for some reason the files would have been corrupted (I 
doubt it) and if I find energy, will see if I get it running without the 
installer. 

Original comment by maaret.p...@gmail.com on 24 Apr 2012 at 12:58

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Installed both robot framework and the library from the source distribution. 
Seems your installer and my computer don't go well together. Since this 
selenium-library installer failed, same happens with the robot-framework 
installer too. The packages are not corrupt, checked. Reproduces on my machine, 
but you have a workaround. 

Original comment by maaret.p...@gmail.com on 24 Apr 2012 at 1:44

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We are going to create a new SeleniumLibrary release possibly already today. 
Are you interested to test the new installer before we make the release? If the 
problem has been in creating the installer, perhaps this time we'll be luckier.

Original comment by pekka.klarck on 4 May 2012 at 10:17

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Sure. Just tell me where to get it. 

Original comment by maaret.p...@gmail.com on 4 May 2012 at 11:29

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Release is delayed on Monday. We didn't have time to test the new Selenium 
Server adequately.

Original comment by pekka.klarck on 4 May 2012 at 1:14

• Changed title: Installation sometimes fails on Win7 64-bit
• Added labels: Target-2.9

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Original comment by pekka.klarck on 12 Jun 2012 at 2:08

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Hi Mareet,

Please try these following steps for installation:
1. Install python-2.7.2.msi (64-bit)

2. Install pycrypto-2.3.win64-py2.7

3. Set Environment parameters -  ->my 
computer->properties->advanced->environmental variables->set PATH variable with 
C:\Python27

4. Install paramiko-1.7

a. Extract to a folder and place in C drive.

b. Go to paramiko-1.7 folder through CMD.

c. Execute “python setup.py build”

d. Execute “python setup.py install”

5. Install wxPython2.8-win64-unicode-2.8.12.1-py27.exe

6. Install “robotframework-2.5.5.win64”

7. Install SSHLibrary-1.0.win32.exe (64 bit is not available)

8. Install robotframework-seleniumlibrary-2.8.1.win64.exe

9. Install “robotframework-ride-0.32.1.win64”

10. Set Environment parameters – PATH as C:\Python27\Scripts

To test installation:

Open CMD and execute pybot -–version

Best Regards,
Bharath V

Original comment by bharath....@gmail.com on 26 Aug 2012 at 11:04

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Cannot reproduce this so cannot really do anything. Everyone should be moving 
to Se2Lib anyway.

Original comment by pekka.klarck on 13 Jan 2013 at 9:00

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