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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p>If you are building c extensions on windows with 2.7 you need to get the matching compiler from <a href="http://aka.ms/vcpython27">http://aka.ms/vcpython27</a>. You should also make sure you are running the latest setup tools. If you are using 2.7.10 you should have them already. Finally, I suggest using ‘pip install .’ instead of ‘python setup.py install’. You can get setup.py install to work on your machine with some configuration, but pip install will just work.</p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p>So, in summary, run the following from the PC directory:</p><p>pip install setuptools –upgrade</p><p>pip install .</p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p>-Chris</p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p style='border:none;padding:0in'><br><b>From: </b>Ken Brooks<br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, October 27, 2015 5:09<br><b>To: </b>python-list@python.org<br><b>Cc: </b>Ken Brooks<br><b>Subject: </b>Building a python extension on Windows</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p>I checked out a copy of svn.python.org/projects/stackless/trunk because it seems to have a good sample project (PC/example_nt) for building a Python extension on Windows. That directory has a Microsoft Visual C++ solution file which can be updated to my Visual C++ version (8, of 2005).<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>First I tried cd-ing to that directory, as they recommend, and saying "python setup.py install". The result? A very common complaint, "Unable to find vcvarsall.bat". A search using Windows would suggest that that file doesn't exist anywhere on my system.</p><p>So I followed the VC++ build instructions, and copied the example_nt directory up one level in the tree before building it. But when I actually try to build the solution it wants to look in the PCBuild directory for python27.lib, which isn't there. Nor can I find that library anywhere else.</p><p>What gives? Is this project somehow hopelessly out of date? And more to the point, can someone direct me to a nice, fresh example project that will build a little Python extension on Windows?</p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Ken</p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Yu Gothic",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>