Installation error: no python installation found in the registry

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Initially Python 2.x.  However, Python 3.2 installed to c:\python32 (and 
reinstalled after problem)
2. Run volatility-2.1_rc1.win32.exe to install
3. Receive error
4. Checked registry and verified python found under HKLM\Software
5. If I click ok when I receive the error, options to browse to python 
installation directory grayed out.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Installation to work...installation not working.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Installation of 2.1_rc1.win32.exe, Windows 7 x64

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by joyce.n...@gmail.com on 19 Jul 2012 at 2:13

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GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Hi there, the windows binary installer is likely only to work on python 2.7 on 
a 32-bit system.  As such it's unlikely to work properly on other setups.  
Could you please confirm which python-2.x version you tested this with, and 
whether you were using a 32-bit or 64-bit system?

Original comment by mike.auty@gmail.com on 19 Jul 2012 at 12:27

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Hey guys, I was pretty sure I had tested the windows binary installer 
(volatility-2.1_rc1.win32.exe) on an x64 system...so I went back to check again 
and it does seem to work just fine. 

So in my case it was a Windows 7 x64 operating system with Python 2.7.3 from 
http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.3/. I installed Python first and 
then ran volatility-2.1_rc1.win32.exe - it found python in the registry, 
installed OK, and is perfectly usable. 

I then installed Python 3.2.3 on top of everything else, fully knowing that 
volatility doesn't work with Python 3.x - but just to see what happens. After 
3.2.3 installed, I clicked volatility-2.1_rc1.win32.exe again and it once again 
found Python 2.7 in the registry and installed to the right place. 

@joyce.nord I'd say your issue is due to a previous python not being installed 
or uninstalled cleanly from the registry. If all problems still persist, you 
can always use the standalone volatility executable [1] which doesn't require 
any python installation on your system. But hopefully you can figure out the 
issue. I'll close out this ticket because I believe its specific to your 
system, but feel free to re-open it or send a message to the vol users mailing 
list and ask for help - maybe someone else had an issue just like yours and can 
give some advice ;-)

[1]. http://volatility.googlecode.com/files/volatility-2.1_rc1.standalone.zip

Original comment by michael.hale@gmail.com on 24 Jul 2012 at 4:06

Changed state: Invalid

ksanchezcld / volatility

Installation error: no python installation found in the registry #307