Win2k and mingw gnu compiler with Python 2.3.2?

[John J. Lee]

dbrown2 at yahoo.com writes:

> I'm trying to understand and document how to install pypar on Win2k.
> Pypar needs to be installed with some MPI library code and also needs
> libpython23.a and other files which are not included with the python
> Windows binary installation.  I've got that worked out but still no
> success.

It's a pain, isn't it?


> Here's the error message I'm seeing:
> 
> >python setup.py install
[...]
> >error: Python was built with version 6 of Visual Studio, and
> extensions need to
> >be built with the same version of the compiler, but it isn't
> installed.
> 
> I also get the error if I use gcc directly.  I'm trying to use the
> mingw version of the gnu compiler in a command window (not cygwin).  I

Something like

python setup.py install -cmingw32


?  But if that is the problem, dunno why you were getting away with it
on 2.2.


John