Ambush Commander schrieb: > I'm a newbie to Python; various packages I've used in the past (Lyx, > LilyPond and Inkscape, to name a few) have bundled Python with them > for various scripting needs, and Cygwin also had an install lying > around, so when I started to use Mercurial (also Python) I decided > that I'd consolidate all of these installations into a single Windows > installation for general use, as well as for me to properly learn the > language. > > Whoo, it's been a journey. > > The primary problem involves binary extensions to the Python > interpreter itself, which Mercurial uses. The only C compiler I have > on my machine is Visual Studio 2005 Express, but Python's binary > distribution was compiled with VS 2003, so the installer refuses to > compile the package. I understand that Python 3 uses VS 2008, but > that's no good for me as it will probably break all of the scripts. > > So, I'm trying to figure out what I should do. Mercurial's binary > distribution was built using MingW, and I do have Cygwin lying around > but I'd like to go for the "native" solution for the most speed. If I > use MingW, I might as well use their pre-packaged binary. I could > recompile Python with MSVC 2005, but I expect that will be its own can > of worms. ActiveState is closed source and appears to have the wrong > MSVC dependencies. All my troubles could apparently be fixed if I > could acquire a copy of VS 2003, but Microsoft has made it incredibly > difficult to find the download for it (I don't think it exists). > > Any suggestions?
Maybe this helps? http://www.develer.com/oss/GccWinBinaries Thomas -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
