summary: I've got a version of python that I need for other purposes. I'm trying to build duplicity to use with that python. I'm getting
m...@cygwinbox ~/bin/duplicity-0.6.09$ python setup.py install ... > 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. How to do this? details: I mostly run linux, and I've been using python-based `duplicity` http://duplicity.nongnu.org/ to back that up. I've got an older winxp box (SP3, uptodate with WU) which I keep mostly to run ArcGIS, which has happily run many versions of cygwin (which I keep uptodate) over the years. I'd like to be able to restore my linux home to my cygwin home for the rare occasions when I need to use the winxp box. To do that, I'd like to install duplicity on the cygwin box. That install process (best described by the somewhat downlevel http://blog.khorun.com/2008/09/using-duplicity-on-windows-under-cygwin.html ) works for the install of the prerequisite GnuPGInterface and boto python modules (process=[download tarball, tar xfz, python setup.py install]) but fails for the install of duplicity itself, with the error: m...@cygwinbox ~/bin/duplicity-0.6.09$ python setup.py install ... > error: Python was built with Visual Studio 2003; Note that I'd cheerfully replace that version of python (the 2.5.2 that shipped with my ArcGIS 9.3), except that I use some ArcGIS extensions which seem to choke on other pythons :-( so I'd prefer to build against that if at all possible. > 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. I tried to take the advice offered, but fail: m...@cygwinbox ~/bin/duplicity-0.6.09$ python -c mingw32 setup.py install > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<string>", line 1, in <module> > NameError: name 'mingw32' is not defined m...@cygwinbox ~/bin/duplicity-0.6.09$ python setup.py -c mingw32 install > usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...] > or: setup.py --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...] > or: setup.py --help-commands > or: setup.py cmd --help > error: option -c not recognized m...@cygwinbox ~/bin/duplicity-0.6.09$ python setup.py install -c mingw32 > usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...] > or: setup.py --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...] > or: setup.py --help-commands > or: setup.py cmd --help > error: invalid command 'mingw32' What's the appropriate syntax here? Or how else should I fix this build problem? TIA, Tom Roche <tom_ro...@pobox.com> -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple