609133 - Jetpack SDK won't install under Windows XP

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Add-on SDK Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[diogo.rui]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0b6) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0b6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:2.0b6) 

I'm trying to install Jetpack SDK 0.9. I follow all the steps required in the Getting Started section of the tutorial (https://jetpack.mozillalabs.com/sdk/0.9/docs/#guide/getting-started). I installed Python, I used cmd to go to the Jetpack root folder, but when I get to the bin\activate part I get the following error:

'python' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Am I doing something wrong? Please help.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download the Jetpack SDK
2. Install Python
3. Open Command Prompt
4. Type cd [the drive you installed the SDK to]
5. Type bin\activate
6. Error shows up right about now.
Actual Results:  
I get the error:
'python' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Expected Results:  
According to the Tutorial:
"Now the beginning of your command prompt should contain the text (jetpack-sdk), which means that your shell has entered a special virtual environment that gives you access to the Jetpack SDK's command-line tools."

Comment 1

[Drew Willcoxon :adw]

You need to add python to your PATH.

http://www.google.com/search?q=windows+python+path

Comment 2

[Myk Melez [:myk] [@mykmelez]]

The Add-on SDK is no longer a Mozilla Labs experiment and has become a big enough project to warrant its own Bugzilla product, so the "Add-on SDK" product has been created for it, and I am moving its bugs to that product.

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