Julien Fiore wrote: > Do you wand to install Pyrex on Windows ? > > Here is a step-by-step guide explaining: > > A) how to install Pyrex on Windows XP. > B) how to compile a Pyrex module. > > Julien Fiore, > U. of Geneva
Thanks. One detail missing : for this (step b3) to work smoothly, one needs to make sure that (a copy of) eg python24.dll resides in Python24\libs\ > > ------------------------------------------- > > ### A) Pyrex installation on Windows XP ### > > > # step A.1 # > Install Python (we used version 2.4.2) > > > # step A.2 # > Run the windows installer for Pyrex (e.g. Pyrex-0.9.3.1.win32.exe), > available on the Pyrex homepage > (http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/Pyrex/) > > > # step A.3 # > Install Mingw, the gcc compiler for Windows, available at > http://www.mingw.org/download.shtml. (we downloaded the file > MinGW-5.0.2.exe and installed only the "base tool" (this includes > mingw-runtime 3.9, w32api-3.6, binutils 2.15.91 and gcc-core 3.4.2). > Add Mingw path ("C:\MinGW\bin") to the Windows "Path" environment > variable. If you already have cygwin installed, add C:\MinGW\bin before > the Cygwin path. > > > # step A.4 # > Create or edit the file "c:/Python2x/Lib/distutils/distutils.cfg" and > put the following into it: > [build] > compiler = mingw32 > > ------------------------------------------- > > > ### B) Create a Pyrex module ### > > > # step B.1 # > Create a working directory (e.g. D:\pyrex_module\). Write a pyrex > module and save it with a "pyx" extension (e.g. "primes.pyx", code > available on the Pyrex homepage) > > > # step B.2 # > Write the following python script and save it as "setup.py" in your > working directory. > > from distutils.core import setup > from distutils.extension import Extension > from Pyrex.Distutils import build_ext > setup( > name = "PyrexGuide", > ext_modules=[ > Extension("primes", ["primes.pyx"]) > ], > cmdclass = {'build_ext': build_ext} > ) > > If you want to compile several modules, duplicate the line starting > with "Extension" and replace "primes" by your module names. > > > # step B.3 # > In your working directory, create a batch file called > "build_and_install.bat" containing the following lines, where > "PythonXX" should be replaces by your Python version (e.g. "Python24"). > > C:\Python24\python.exe setup.py build_ext install > pause > > To run the batch, double-click the file. You will see many "Warning" > messages during the building process: do not worry, it is normal. > > > # step B.4 # > Mission completed. The file "primes.pyd" (a "pyd" is a Python Extension > DLL, equivalent of .so in Unix) is now located in > "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages" and the "primes" module is available in > Python. In your working directory, you can delete the file "primes.c" > and the "build" folder created by the building process. > > Test your new module at the python shell: > >>>> import primes >>>> primes.primes(10) > [2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29] > > -------------------------------------------- > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
