I have a Windows 7 (64bit AMD) machine and am having quite a lot of problems installing Reportlabs and Pil. I wondered if anyone else has had the same issues and what the best way of dealing with it.
So far I've tried: 1. Reportlabs / Pil 32 installers - I've tried using these but they can't find python. I also tried registering Python (http://effbot.org/ zone/python-register.htm) but this also fails. 2. Reportlabs / Pil Source - I downloaded each of these and tried to do a "python setup.py install". However, both complain that they can't find "vcvarsall.bat". I've done some checking and it's because the compiler isn't present. Everyone is suggesting downloading Visual Studio Express C++, but this only comes with the 32bit compiler. There seems to be quite a lot of work to get 64bit VSE working on a 64bit machine (http://jenshuebel.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/visual-c-2008- express-edition-and-64-bit-targets/). But before I start down that path, I wondered if anyone had any advice (.... and no I don't mean suggesting I swap to Linux). ALJ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
