On 27 September 2013 15:39, Mark Lawrence <breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 27/09/2013 15:26, Paul Moore wrote: > >> So, for Windows users, installing a package becomes "pip install XXX". >> > > Apologies if this has already been said but it only works if you've already > installed an appropriate compiler. I've lost count of the number of times > I've tried this, got the (rather cyptic) "error: Unable to find > vcvarsall.bat" message and then gone off to find a suitable binary download.
I was assuming that you had whatever's necessary to install - a compiler, any necessary libraries, whatever. Or more plausibly, as Donald pointed out, a wheel. But yes, you're right, this doesn't solve the problem of *building* distributions. It's not intended to (except by enabling communities to start distributing wheels as a pain-free binary solution). Whether that's an issue depends on the community (AIUI, it's a major hassle for scientific users, not so much for web developers, for example) Paul _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
