Trouble Installing TTX/FontTools (asks for .NET FrameworkPackages)

[Fredrik Lundh]

Jesper Olsen wrote:

> > Apparently setup.py tries to compile a c file, which of course
> doesn't
> > work if there's no compiler.
>
> In fact it does not work even if there is a compiler - seems distutils
> has been broken in python2.4 (it works in python2.3).

distutils works just fine in 2.4.

but the standard Windows distribution of Python 2.4 is compiled with
a newer compiler.  if you don't have a compatible compiler on your
machine (or if the compiler isn't properly installed), setup won't be able
to build extensions for 2.4.

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