GDAL-1.7.1 : vcvarsall.bat missing

[kBob]

On Jun 25, 1:26 am, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 24/06/2010 21:48, Christian Heimes wrote:
>
> >>   I am attempting to install the GDAL bindings (GDAL-1.7.1) on a
> >> Windows XP Desktop with Python 2.6 and GDAL. During install, the
> >> script finishes with "error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat".
>
> >> What dependencies am I missing?
>
> > Visual Studio 2008
>
> > Christian
>
> Not always, see my comment here.
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/python-win32@python.org/msg06755.html
>
> Kindest regards.
>
> Mark Lawrence

 Thanks for the tips, gentlemen.

 I'll try my luck with Cygwin's ggc before I look into another C/C++
compiler.

Kelly Dean
Fort Collins, CO