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Install Python magic-wormhole on Windows.
::
:: This script installs wormhole (https://github.com/warner/magic-wormhole) and
:: its prerequisites. Run this as an administrator.
::
:: Install chocolatey.
@"%SystemRoot%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -NoProfile -InputFormat None -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin"
:: Install Python 3.
choco install -y python
:: Install Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools 2015.
choco install -y vcbuildtools
:: Refresh environment variables so that we can call Python (this is not a
:: native shell command: it is a script installed as part of chocolatey).
call RefreshEnv
:: Install wormhole.
pip install magic-wormhole
@Emile466
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Emile466 commented Apr 16, 2020

It didn't work for me, It didn't give an error or anything but wormhole still isn't recognised as a command :(

@reboot81
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It didn't work for me, It didn't give an error or anything but wormhole still isn't recognised as a command :(

Your Powershell is probably not using TLS 1.2. See https://gist.github.com/reboot81/e5392529d2782939cb2aa1a305e1e002

@LuisVillamil1977
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It worked perfectly, thank you so much :)

@HenkPoley
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HenkPoley commented Oct 19, 2020

Would there be an easy way to package this, without installing all those toolchains on the target system? (choco, VC++ compiler, all of Python 3.x)

Edit: pyinstaller doesn't work:

PS C:\Python38\Lib\site-packages\wormhole\dist> .\wormhole.exe receive 1234-pass-phrase
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "wormhole.py", line 11, in <module>
ImportError: attempted relative import with no known parent package
[17548] Failed to execute script wormhole

@ppapias1987
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Unfortunately i had to reboot my windows on my partiotioned laptop. I download it via the Github desktop on windows environment and when i try to execute the wormohole receive password command i get this output:

wormhole : The term 'wormhole' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1

  • wormhole receive password i ve been provided
  •   + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (wormhole:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
    

@mr337
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mr337 commented Apr 6, 2022

Still working on fully up to date Win10. Had issues with the choco install -y vcbuildtools line so skipped it and was able to install and still run without any issues.

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