On 3/6/2013 12:29 PM, Steve Dower wrote:
From: Case Van Horsen
The "Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1"
is still available for download. It includes the command line compilers that are
used with VS 2008. I have used to create extensions for Python 2.6 to 3.2.
There is a later version of the SDK (for .NET
4.x) that includes the compilers from VS 2010.
This is the same response that I got internally.
The download link is
> http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=3138
> and you can choose to only download and install the compilers.
The C++ compiler appears to the the full compiler that will build both
32 and 64 bits apps. Will downloading just the compiler(s) allow one to
build Python with the project files in PCBuild or does something else
need to be checked also?
To use the SDK compiler, you need to do a few manual steps first.
After starting a command window, you need to run a batch file to configure
your environment. Choose the appropriate option from
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin\vcvars64.bat
or
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin\vcvars32.bat
Then set two environment variables:
set MSSdk=1
set DISTUTILS_USE_SDK=1
After these steps, the standard python setup.py install should work.
This may be fine for building extensions, but it appears that more
instructions are needed for a novice to build python itself.
Following the instruction in the developer's guide,
http://docs.python.org/devguide/setup.html#windows
I was able to download and install vc express, double click on
<branch_dir>/PCBuild/pcbuild.sln to bring up the VS GUI, and use the
menu to build a debug version of that branch. The new python is put in
the same directory and can be run with another menu selection. Any
alternate path should be that easy too.
--
Terry Jan Reedy
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