An Attempt to download and install traits - to a Windows XP

Colin J. Williams cjw at ncf.ca
Fri Jul 25 18:37:54 EDT 2008


Using >easy_install -v -f 
http://code.enthought.com/enstaller/eggs/source 
enthought.traits

The result is:

...
   many lines
...

copying 
enthought\traits\ui\tests\shell_editor_test.py 
-> 
build\lib.win32-2.5\enthought\traits\ui\tests
copying 
enthought\traits\ui\tests\table_editor_color_test.py 
-> 
build\lib.win32-2.5\enthought\traits\ui\tests
copying 
enthought\traits\ui\tests\table_editor_focus_bug.py 
-> 
build\lib.win32-2.5\enthought\traits\ui\tests
copying 
enthought\traits\ui\tests\table_editor_test.py 
-> 
build\lib.win32-2.5\enthought\traits\ui\tests
copying 
enthought\traits\ui\tests\table_editor_test2.py 
-> 
build\lib.win32-2.5\enthought\traits\ui\tests
copying 
enthought\traits\ui\tests\table_list_editor_test.py 
-> 
build\lib.win32-2.5\enthought\traits\ui\tests
copying 
enthought\traits\ui\tests\tree_editor_test.py 
-> 
build\lib.win32-2.5\enthought\traits\ui\tests
running build_ext
error: Setup script exited with error: 
Python was built with Visual Studio 2003;
extensions must be built with a compiler 
than can generate compatible binaries.
Visual Studio 2003 was not found on this 
system. If you have Cygwin installed,
you can try compiling with MingW32, by 
passing "-c mingw32" to setup.py.

C:\Documents and Settings\cjw\Desktop>python
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Feb 21 2008, 
13:11:45) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on 
win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or 
"license" for more information.
>>>

I would welcome any guidance.

Colin W.



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