On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 08:52, Jason Heeris <jason.hee...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm trying to get a PyGTK app going on a Windows XP installation. It > requires PyGTK 2.17. I have Python 2.6 and GTK 2.18 set up just fine, > but of course there's no binary installer for PyGTK 2.17. So I grabbed > the source from FTP[1], along with PyGObject, intending to build it > under MinGW. > > But it turns out I need PyGI to build PyGObject, and PyGI requires > "Python development tools" to build, and searching the web for that > problem yields nothing useful.
It's failing to find python-config-${PYTHON_VERSION} (figured out by grepping the tarball) > So before I embark on some odyssey of pain trying to get this all to > work, my question is: is there an easier way? A binary installer for > PyGI for Windows? A binary installer for PyGTK 2.17? Two options, not sure which would be easiest: - build pygobject <2.21.4 with --disable-pygi - build pygobject 2.21.4 with --disable-introspection (I'm assuming that you have a reason for not using a stable release of PyGObject). Regards, Tomeu > Please keep me CCd on replies. > > Cheers, > Jason Heeris > > PS. By the way, I usually work on a Debian Squeeze/Sid system, with > PyGTK 2.17.0 (installed from Debian repo). I thought maybe I could > take the 2.17 tarball and build it somewhere in my home dir, but: > > ~/Projects/python-virt2/pygobject-2.21.4$ ../bin/python setup.py build > --compiler=mingw32 --enable-threading --yes-i-know-its-not-supported > bdist_wininst > Error: distutils build only supported on windows > > Nuts. > > [1] http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/pygtk/2.17/ > _______________________________________________ > pygtk mailing list pygtk@daa.com.au > http://www.daa.com.au/mailman/listinfo/pygtk > Read the PyGTK FAQ: http://faq.pygtk.org/ > _______________________________________________ pygtk mailing list pygtk@daa.com.au http://www.daa.com.au/mailman/listinfo/pygtk Read the PyGTK FAQ: http://faq.pygtk.org/