Python ¶

Python meta package, includes core executable & runtime, help

• Python commandline interpreter, and libraries.
• The interpreter can be invoked as python in the osgeo4w shell.
• The Python interpreter is not associated with the .py extension in the shell, so you must run .py files with python foobar.py and not by double-clicking on them
• Documentation is not included (beyond builtin doc strings)
• Tcl support is not included.
• NumPy is a distinct add on package due to it's size.

Comprised of 3 sub-packages:

• python-wrapper - Wrapper to set python environment for Osgeo4W (required)
• python-core - Python executable and runtime (required)
• python-help - Python compiled help file (optional with Advanced Install)

category	Commandline_Utilities
requires	shell python-wrapper python-core python-help
version	2.7.2-2

Other python pages of note:

• ExternalPythonPackages - How to install python packages which aren't part of the osgeo4w system
• pkg-python/Python27 - building the Python 2.7 package
• RequiresPython - packages which depend on Python

Packager Notes ¶

• This package is harvested from the standard Python 2.7.2 .msi installer from python.org (see making a Python 2.7 package)
• New Python extensions should be unpacked in osgeo4w\apps\Python27\Lib\site-packages
• Include files and libraries are included, but in the apps\Python27 tree. The distutils/sysconfig.py settings should be correct.
• Extensions may need to be compiled with VC7.1 to be compatible.
• etc\ini\python.bat set PYTHONHOME to control sys.prefix and finding of libraries, etc. This should supersede any other python on the system when python is run within the OSGeo4W shell.

Open tickets ¶

enhancement type tickets:

#114

optional package to register python in Windows registry

#162

pythonwin launcher

Recently closed tickets ¶

defect type tickets:

#859

Python version update to v3.12.8

#851

Python 3.12.5 vulnerable to CVE-2024-6232

#844

Python 3.12.4 vulnerable to CVE-2024-3219 & CVE-2024-6923

#823

python3-numba: AttributeError: module 'numpy' has no attribute 'long'

#814

stdlib venv's broken on new Python 3.9.18

#811

Vulnerable Python 3.9.5 executable exists after install latest of QGIS LTR 3.28.14 using the OSGEO4W installer