wayback machine how to install it on windows

[trish41]

HI how do i install this on windows a other person named bitdruid said on a other question i asked that it works on windows but how do you just download it do you need ruby like the other wayback machine softwares you need ruby for them

i am trying to download this tv series of classic eastenders it was on a site called uktvplay but they have changed the name of the site to u.co.uk
i have managed to archive the url of the uktvplay site it is now u,co.uk site web.archive.org/web like so then there is the rest of it
do i just put the full url in the software and it downloads all the video files on that page

cos bitdruid said on a other question i asked
this package already runs on windows
do you have an url to your wanted snapshots? if media is downloaded depends on#

i do have the full url with the web.archive.org/web and the rest of the url is uktvplay which is the old site i am able to view the full url in broswer but you cant download the video files so how does this software work then do i just put the full url in this software and it downloads all the video files
cos other wayback machine softwares you need ruby if it was a windows version were you just install it and put the url in and download the video files on that page but i dont think it is simply as that

[trish41]

is there a full step by step guide on how to get this to work on windows

[bitdruid]

1. Install Python

https://www.python.org/downloads/

Make sure "Add Python to PATH" is checked.

Test it in Command Prompt:

python --version

2. Install the downloader

pip install pywaybackup

Check it works:

waybackup -h

3. Download an archived page

Example:

waybackup -u https://example.com -l

• "-u" = site URL
• "-l" = latest Wayback snapshot

Files will download into:

waybackup_snapshots

[trish41]

oh so it does not work without python software then i thought it worked on windows by it self i am really after a wayback machine software or some other type of software that will download wayback machine links that i have archived i dont know of any software that would do this i have seen some sites were you put your wayback machine links in but thoses sites charge a lot of money

a lot of theses wayback machine softwares you need python software for it to work
is there anyway possible to get theses wayback machine softwares to work without python software

[bitdruid]

no currently not because python-magic-standalone wont work with pyinstaller to pack an exe. but why do you not just install python 3.13 and pip install the package ? its super easy and no real downside on this.

[HN-Tran]

PR #54 adds PyInstaller builds that produce standalone executables for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Once merged, Windows users can simply download waybackup-windows.exe from the GitHub Releases page, no Python or Ruby installation needed.