stouputils.installer.windows module#

Installer module for Windows specific functions.

Provides Windows specific implementations for checking administrator privileges, determining appropriate installation paths (global/local), and modifying the user’s PATH environment variable.

add_to_path_windows(install_path: str) → bool | None[source]#

Add install_path to the User PATH environment variable on Windows.

Parameters:

install_path (str) – The path to add to the User PATH environment variable.

Returns:

True if the path was added to the User PATH environment variable, None otherwise.

Return type:

bool | None

check_admin_windows() → bool[source]#

Check if the script is running with administrator privileges on Windows.

get_install_path_windows(program_name: str, ask_global: int = 0, add_path: bool = True, append_to_path: str = '', default_global: str = 'C:\\Program Files') → str[source]#

Get the installation path for the program

Parameters:

  • program_name (str) – The name of the program to install.

  • ask_global (int) – 0 = ask for anything, 1 = install globally, 2 = install locally

  • add_path (bool) – Whether to add the program to the PATH environment variable. (Only if installed globally)

  • append_to_path (str) – String to append to the installation path when adding to PATH. (ex: “bin” if executables are in the bin folder)

  • default_global (str) – The default global installation path. (Default is “C:Program Files” which is the most common location for executables on Windows)

Returns:

The installation path.

Return type:

str