(Python newbie) Using XP-SP2/MSVC6: No Python24_d.lib, winzip barfs on Python-2.4.1.tar, cannot download bzip2

[Bill Davy]

Hi,
Many thanks for this.
I am constrained to use MSVC6 (customer) but will look to see if I can run 
VC7.1 alongside VC6.
However, I am still unable to decompress/unpack the downloaded source files 
even with their extensions amended.
Am I really the only person having this difficulty?
Hey ho,
    Bill

"James Carroll" <mrmaple at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:mailman.2056.1113844188.1799.python-list at python.org...
Hi Bill,

Python 2.4 requires VC7.1 I just ran into this recently.  Once I
installed VC7.1, I could easily compile the Python source to create a
debug lib.

Winzip should be able to read the python source tarball... There is
one trick though.  Once you download it, it might get renamed to
python.tar.gz.tar  and the trick is to rename the file's extension to
.tar.gz or (my preference)  .tgz.

If it really is a bzip2 file, then you'll need some sort of bunzip.  I
use the cygnus version, but I don't remember having to do anything out
of the way for the python source.

-Jim

On 4/18/05, Bill Davy <Bill at synectixltd.com> wrote:
>
> "A.B., Khalid" <abkhd at earth.co.jp> wrote in message
> news:1113834504.919986.129180 at z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> > Bill Davy wrote:
> >> I downlaoded and installed
> >> http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.1/python-2.4.1.msi
> >>
> >> I'm trying to build an extension using SWIG 1.3.24 and the linker
> > needs
> >> python24_d.lib (I do not have the DLL either).  I've not found it in
> > any of
> >> the
> >> downloads.
>
> > I am no expert in MSVC6, but it sounds like maybe you need to supply
> > the no-debug switch in your extention setup.py file: /d NDEBUG.
> >
> > In case that does not work and help on this is not forthcoming, you can
> > always try pyMinGW[1].
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Khalid
>
> Hmm, that's one possibility but I really do need to keep the debugger
> version going.  I'm only just getting started.  Any other suggestions?
>
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