PyCrypto builds neither with MSVC nor MinGW

Tue Mar 13 02:09:38 EDT 2012

Nope, I have C:\Python27 (and C:\Python27\Scripts) in my PATH.

C:\workingdir\pycrypto>where python
C:\Python27\python.exe

On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Case Van Horsen <casevh at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Alec Taylor <alec.taylor6 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hmm, I just tried that method, but the output I got was still:
>>
>> C:\workingdir\pycrypto>python setup.py install
>> running install
>> running build
>> running build_py
>> running build_ext
>> building 'Crypto.Random.OSRNG.winrandom' extension
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>  File "setup.py", line 452, in <module>
>>    core.setup(**kw)
>>  File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\core.py", line 152, in setup
>>    dist.run_commands()
>>  File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 953, in run_commands
>>    self.run_command(cmd)
>>  File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 972, in run_command
>>    cmd_obj.run()
>>  File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\command\install.py", line 563, in run
>>    self.run_command('build')
>>  File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 326, in run_command
>>    self.distribution.run_command(command)
>>  File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 972, in run_command
>>    cmd_obj.run()
>>  File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\command\build.py", line 127, in run
>>    self.run_command(cmd_name)
>>  File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 326, in run_command
>>    self.distribution.run_command(command)
>>  File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 972, in run_command
>>    cmd_obj.run()
>>  File "setup.py", line 249, in run
>>    build_ext.run(self)
>>  File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 339, in run
>>    self.build_extensions()
>>  File "setup.py", line 146, in build_extensions
>>    build_ext.build_extensions(self)
>>  File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 448, in
>> build_extensions
>>    self.build_extension(ext)
>>  File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 498, in
>> build_extension
>>    depends=ext.depends)
>>  File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\msvc9compiler.py", line 473, in compile
>>    self.initialize()
>>  File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\msvc9compiler.py", line 383, in initialize
>>    vc_env = query_vcvarsall(VERSION, plat_spec)
>>  File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\msvc9compiler.py", line 299, in
>> query_vcvarsall
>>    raise ValueError(str(list(result.keys())))
>> ValueError: [u'path']
>>
>> --------------
>> and when I manually run vcvarsall (which is in PATH), I get the
>> aforementioned linker errors:
>> --------------
>>
>> C:\workingdir\pycrypto>python setup.py install
>> running install
>> running build
>> running build_py
>> running build_ext
>> building 'Crypto.Random.OSRNG.winrandom' extension
>> C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\cl.exe /c
>> /nologo /Ox /MD /W3 /GS- /DNDEBUG -Isrc/ -Isrc/inc-msvc/
>> -IC:\Python27\include -IC:\Python27 \PC /Tcsrc/winrand.c
>> /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\src/winrand.obj winrand.c
>> C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\link.exe
>> /DLL /nologo /INCREMENTAL:NO /LIBPATH:C:\Python27\libs
>> /LIBPATH:C:\Python27\PCbuild\amd64 ws2 _32.lib advapi32.lib
>> /EXPORT:initwinrandom build\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\src/
>> winrand.obj /OUT:build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\Crypto\Random\OSRNG\winrandom.pyd /IMPL
>> IB:build\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\src\winrandom.lib
>> /MANIFESTFILE:build\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\src\winrandom.pyd.manifest
>>   Creating library build\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\src\winrandom.lib
>> and object build\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\src\winrandom.exp
>> winrand.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>> __imp__PyObject_Free referenced in function _WRdealloc
>> winrand.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>> __imp__PyExc_SystemError referenced in function _WRdealloc
>> winrand.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>> __imp__PyErr_Format referenced in function _WRdealloc
>> winrand.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>> __imp__PyExc_TypeError referenced in function _WRdealloc
>> winrand.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>> __imp___PyObject_New referenced in function _winrandom_new
>> winrand.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>> __imp__PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords referenced in function
>> _winrandom_new
>> winrand.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>> __imp__PyString_FromStringAndSize referenced in function _WR_get_bytes
>> winrand.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>> __imp__PyMem_Free referenced in function _WR_get_bytes
>> winrand.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>> __imp__PyErr_NoMemory referenced in function _WR_get_bytes
>> winrand.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>> __imp__PyMem_Malloc referenced in function _WR_get_bytes
>> winrand.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>> __imp__PyErr_SetString referenced in function _WR_get_bytes
>> winrand.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>> __imp__PyExc_ValueError referenced in function _WR_get_bytes
>> winrand.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>> __imp__PyArg_ParseTuple referenced in function _WR_get_bytes
>> winrand.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>> __imp__Py_FindMethod referenced in function _WRgetattr
>> winrand.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>> __imp__PyInt_FromLong referenced in function _WRgetattr
>> winrand.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>> __imp__Py_FatalError referenced in function _initwinrandom
>> winrand.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>> __imp__PyErr_Occurred referenced in function _initwinrandom
>> winrand.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>> __imp__PyModule_AddStringConstant referenced in function
>> _initwinrandom
>> winrand.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>> __imp__PyModule_AddIntConstant referenced in function _initwinrandom
>> winrand.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>> __imp__Py_InitModule4 referenced in function _initwinrandom
>> winrand.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol
>> __imp__PyType_Type referenced in function _initwinrandom
>> build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\Crypto\Random\OSRNG\winrandom.pyd : fatal error LNK1120:
>>  21 unresolved externals
>> error: command '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
>> 9.0\VC\BIN\link.exe"' failed with exit status 1120
>>
>
> It almost seems that python can't find all its files. Are you using a
> macro or batch file to invoke python. I actually used
>
> "c:\x64\Python27\python.exe setup.py install"
>
> IIRC, I've had issues with a DOSKEY macro before so now I explicitly
> use the full path to python.exe.
>
> Otherwise I'm stumped.
>> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 2:59 PM,  <casevh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Monday, March 12, 2012 1:38:29 PM UTC-7, Alec Taylor wrote:
>>>> On a brand new Windows install now, with a brand new VS8 installed
>>>> with new YASM and MPIR in c:\usr\src\include and c:\usr\src\lib.
>>>>
>>>> But it still isn't working:
>>>>
>>> This was a little challenging. I looked through the setup.py to figure out what assumptions their build process made. First, the file pycrypto-2.5\src\inc-msvc\config.h must be modified. Below is the file I used:
>>>
>>> config.h
>>> ===================================================================
>>> /* Define to 1 if you have the declaration of `mpz_powm', and to 0 if you
>>>   don't. */
>>> #define HAVE_DECL_MPZ_POWM 1
>>>
>>> /* Define to 1 if you have the declaration of `mpz_powm_sec', and to 0 if you
>>>   don't. */
>>> #define HAVE_DECL_MPZ_POWM_SEC 0
>>>
>>> /* Define to 1 if you have the `gmp' library (-lgmp). */
>>> #undef HAVE_LIBGMP
>>>
>>> /* Define to 1 if you have the `mpir' library (-lmpir). */
>>> #define HAVE_LIBMPIR 1
>>>
>>> /* Define to 1 if you have the <stdint.h> header file. */
>>> #define HAVE_STDINT_H 1
>>> ===================================================================
>>>
>>> Although I was able to specify an include directory for mpir.h with -Ic:\usr\include, I was not able specify a lib directory with -Lc:\usr\lib. It looks like setup.py does not honor the -L option. So I finally gave up and just copied the mpir.h file into my Python27\include directory and the mpir.lib file into my Python27\libs directory.
>>>
>>> After copying the files "python setup.py install" was successful. I created a binary installer with "python setup.py bdist-wininst".
>>>
>>> There may be a cleaner way to build PyCrypto, but these steps worked for me.
>>>
>>> casevh
>>> --
>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list