[Python-Dev] PEP 453 (pip bootstrapping) ready for pronouncement? (original) (raw)

Paul Moore p.f.moore at gmail.com
Fri Sep 27 17:06:33 CEST 2013

On 27 September 2013 15:39, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at 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

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