On Jun 28, 2010, at 7:43 AM, TJ Maciak wrote:

> Anyone out there successfully get mapnik 0.7.1 to work with windows 7?
> 

Yes, both 32 bit and 64 bit, using "home premium".

What are you running?

> I have spent some hours working with xreal (#mapnik irc chat) on figuring 
> this problem out with no luck.
> 
> Mapnik gives me the typical error such as this:
> >>> import mapnik
> [...snip...]
> from _mapnik import *
> ImportError: DLL load failed: This application has failed to start because 
> the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may 
> fix this problem.
> 

Don't you wish windows actually printed the library error?

> 
> When i use the dll dependencywalker it tells me that I am missing the 
> following files:
> MSVCR90.DLL
> GPSVC.DLL
> IESHIMS.DLL

The former seems like the likely candidate, not sure what the others are.

> 
> 
> I have installed the 2005, 2008 and now 2010 MS Visual Studio Runtime 
> Libraries (both as non-administrator and as administrator) and always missing
> the MSVCR90.DLL file from my system.  Even installed these runtimes multiple 
> times.
> 

Are you sure you've installed mapnik correctly? What do you get if you type:

path

in a windows shell? Does it include a directory that points to where the 
mapnik.dll is installed?


> Anyone who has successfully installed mapnik with 0.7.1 on windows 7 and 
> wants to share their experience would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> TJ
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