[python-win32] building a complicated Python application on Windows

[Trent Nelson]

Ah, so that's just the error that `python setup.py build` would have returned, it's not specific to conda-build.

As for what version you need, that's where things get fun:
	- Python 2.7		= Visual Studio 2008
	- Python 3.0->3.4	= Visual Studio 2010
	- Python 3.5+		= Visual Studio 2015

For 2.7, Microsoft released this handy little bundle (thanks Steve Dower!): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44266

I've been lucky enough to always have MSDN subscriptions and full VS installations so I'm not sure how your mileage will fair with the community/free editions.  You could sign up for an AppVeyor or Anaconda account if procuring VS proves problematic.

	Trent.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Janssen [mailto:janssen at parc.com] 
Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 8:02 PM
To: Trent Nelson <trent at trent.me>
Cc: python-win32 at python.org; janssen at parc.com
Subject: Re: [python-win32] building a complicated Python application on Windows

Hmmm, I'm getting an error message from 'conda build':

Warning: Couldn't find Visual Studio: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files\\Microsoft\\Vi...'

So I guess installing conda-build doesn't do everything it needs to?
How would I know which version of Visual Studio to install, and where to find it?

Bill

Trent Nelson <trent at trent.me> wrote:

> Conda is well suited to this.  I use it to bundle all sorts of stuff on Windows.  (You write recipes (see https://github.com/conda/conda-recipes for examples), then 'conda build' them, which produces a package that can be subsequently installed with conda install.  Can sign up to anaconda.org and then upload the package into your own channel, such that a plain 'conda install -c janssen foobar' will install your package and all the deps (which were specified in the recipe/meta.yaml).
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On Dec 16, 2015, at 13:00, Bill Janssen <janssen at parc.com> wrote:
> > 
> > I'd like to build a Python-based deliverable for Windows.  It 
> > includes many gnarly packages, like numpy, scipy, statsmodel, 
> > ggplot, kivy, ZODB, ZEO, etc.  They include Cython modules (and 
> > scipy may even require Fortran, for all I know).
> > 
> > On OS X, I build this all from source by starting with Kivy, which 
> > is packaged as a venv inside an OS X application, and add in the 
> > other stuff.  But I'm not sure this is the best way to proceed on 
> > Windows (7, 8, and 10).  I'm also used to using mingw on Windows, 
> > but again, I'm not sure that's appropriate.
> > 
> > Any advice would be appreciated...
> > 
> > Bill
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