.. _installation_win:

Step by step Installation for Windows

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RhodeCode step-by-step install Guide for Windows  

+ All Windows Updates until 24-may-2012 

Step1 - Install Visual Studio 2008 Express

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Optional: You can also install MingW, but VS2008 installation is easier 

Download "Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition with SP1" from: 

http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2008-editions/express 

(if not found or relocated, google for "visual studio 2008 express" for 

updated link) 

You can also download full ISO file for offline installation, just 

choose "All - Offline Install ISO image file" in the previous page and 

choose "Visual C++ 2008 Express" when installing. 

.. note::

  Silverlight Runtime and SQL Server 2008 Express Edition are not 

  required, you can uncheck them 

Step2 - Install Python

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Install Python 2.x.y (x >= 5) x86 version (32bit). DO NOT USE A 3.x version.

Download Python 2.x.y from: 

http://www.python.org/download/ 

Choose "Windows Installer" (32bit version) not "Windows X86-64 

Installer". While writing this guide, the latest version was v2.7.3. 

Remember the specific major and minor version installed, because it will 

be needed in the next step. In this case, it is "2.7". 

Step3 - Install Win32py extensions

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Download pywin32 from: 

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/ 

- Click on "pywin32" folder 

- Click on the first folder (in this case, Build 217, maybe newer when you try) 

- Choose the file ending with ".win32-py2.x.exe" -> x being the minor 

  version of Python you installed (in this case, 7) 

  When writing this guide, the file was: 

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/Build%20217/pywin32-217.win32-py2.7.exe/download 

Step4 - Python BIN

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Add Python BIN folder to the path 

You have to add the Python folder to the path, you can do it manually 

(editing "PATH" environment variable) or using Windows Support Tools 

that came preinstalled in Vista/7 and can be installed in Windows XP. 

- Using support tools on WINDOWS XP: 

  If you use Windows XP you can install them using Windows XP CD and 

  navigating to \SUPPORT\TOOLS. There, execute Setup.EXE (not MSI). 

  Afterwards, open a CMD and type::

    SETX PATH "%PATH%;[your-python-path]" -M 

  Close CMD (the path variable will be updated then) 

- Using support tools on WINDOWS Vista/7: 

  Open a CMD and type::

    SETX PATH "%PATH%;[your-python-path]" /M 

  Please substitute [your-python-path] with your Python installation path. 

  Typically: C:\\Python27 

Step5 - RhodeCode folder structure

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Create a RhodeCode folder structure 

This is only a example to install RhodeCode, you can of course change 

it. However, this guide will follow the proposed structure, so please 

later adapt the paths if you change them. My recommendation is to use 

folders with NO SPACES. But you can try if you are brave... 

Create the following folder structure::

  C:\RhodeCode 

  C:\RhodeCode\Bin 

  C:\RhodeCode\Env 

  C:\RhodeCode\Repos 

Step6 - Install virtualenv