From 2bc0cdbaab2a94059a224396158425ad2ae15cc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pablo Hoffman Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 09:51:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] added warning about twisted bug 3707 and installing pywin32 --HG-- extra : convert_revision : svn%3Ab85faa78-f9eb-468e-a121-7cced6da292c%401043 --- scrapy/trunk/docs/faq.rst | 9 +++++++++ scrapy/trunk/docs/intro/install.rst | 7 +++++-- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/docs/faq.rst b/scrapy/trunk/docs/faq.rst index 727bd96ed..37690590b 100644 --- a/scrapy/trunk/docs/faq.rst +++ b/scrapy/trunk/docs/faq.rst @@ -58,3 +58,12 @@ variable won't work because Twisted (the library used by Scrapy to download pages) doesn't support it. See `this Twisted ticket `_ for more info. +Scrapy crashes with: ImportError: No module named win32api +---------------------------------------------------------- + +You need to install `pywin32`_ because of `this Twisted bug`_. + +.. _pywin32: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/ +.. _this Twisted bug: http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/3707 + + diff --git a/scrapy/trunk/docs/intro/install.rst b/scrapy/trunk/docs/intro/install.rst index c059ec666..47a5e4f60 100644 --- a/scrapy/trunk/docs/intro/install.rst +++ b/scrapy/trunk/docs/intro/install.rst @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Requirements ============ * `Python `_ 2.5 or 2.6 -* `Twisted `_ 8.0 or above +* `Twisted `_ 2.5.0, 8.0 or above (Windows users: you may need to install `pywin32`_ because of `this Twisted bug`_) * `libxml2 `_ (2.6.28 or above recommended) Optional: @@ -83,10 +83,13 @@ Windows Download and install: -1. `Twisted for Windows `_ +1. `Twisted for Windows `_ - you may need to install `pywin32`_ because of `this Twisted bug`_ 2. `PyOpenSSL for Windows `_ 3. `libxml2 for Windows `_ +.. _pywin32: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/ +.. _this Twisted bug: http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/ticket/3707 + Install Scrapy ==============