Visual Studio not installed

[Darren Dale]

Hello,

I have not been able to run "python setup.py install" on several 
packages, receiving the following error:

Python was built with version 6 of Visual Studio, and extensions need to 
be built with the same version of the compiler, but it isnt installed.

Could someone explain what this means? I am working on windows XP at the 
moment, but when I move to Linux, does this mean I will not be able to 
install from source?