[tahoe-dev] Python 2.7 Windows build Re: Announcing Tahoe-LAFS v1.9.2

[David-Sarah Hopwood]

On 11/07/12 18:48, Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn wrote:
> Hm, according to this mailing list post --
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2010-April/573606.html --
> and this blog --
> http://blog.victorjabur.com/2011/06/05/compiling-python-2-7-modules-on-windows-32-and-64-using-msvc-2008-express/
> -- one cannot build extension modules for Python 2.7 on Windows unless
> one has a Microsoft compiler -- VS 2008 -- that is no longer
> available. :-( What a stupid... ...

It's still available:

http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2008-editions/express

(Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition with SP1).
You also need the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=3138

I haven't tested this because I don't have a copy of 64-bit Windows.

-- 
David-Sarah Hopwood ⚥

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