Installation Note 50147: During a SAS® 9.4 installation on the Windows platform, the Python path might not be recognized, which prevents the installation from continuing
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In the SAS® Deployment Wizard, Review Require Software page prompts you to review required third-party software to complete your deployment.
The Specify Software Location page in the SAS Deployment Wizard prompts for the installation path for Python software.
In some cases, when you specify the location of Python and click Next, the installation does not continue.
The following warning is written to the SDWdate_time.log file.
com.sas.ssn.ThirdParty getVersion WARNING: Python is missing win32api
The warning is generated because the installation of Python is missing the required PYWIN32 module. When installing Python from ActiveState, the PYWIN32 module is included by default. However, when installing a non-ActiveState/generic version of Python, the PYWIN32 module is not included in the installation and must be installed separately.
When choosing to install a non-ActiveState version of Python, install the PYWIN32 module from the following location.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/Additional References
- The checklist (pre-installation checklist) that comes with your plan file.
- The SAS Third-Party website.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Ent | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M0 | ||