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

[Jaime Wyant]

I fight the python24_d.lib problem with swig daily.  The way I got
around it was to modify swig's python configuration module.  Mine was
located at

/lib/swig1.3/python/python.swg

(I'm using cygwin)

At the top, I changed

#include "python.h"

to

#ifdef _DEBUG
  #undef _DEBUG
  #include "python.h"
  #define _DEBUG
#else
  #include "python.h"
#endif

Somewhere in the includes, python uses a pragma telling the MSVC
compiler which library to link the object files against.  Because
you're building a _DEBUG build, you magically get the python24_d.lib
library.

hth,
jw

On 4/18/05, Bill Davy <Bill at synectixltd.com> 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.
> 
> So I tried to download the source to build it myself.  Of
> http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.1/Python-2.4.1.tar.bz2 and
> http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.1/Python-2.4.1.tgz, WinZip (9.0 SR1)
> just says "Error reading header after processing 0 entries".
> 
> Additionally, I've had no joy downloading the unzipper
> (ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/bzip2/v102/bzip2-102-x86-win32.exe) from the
> site cited for the unzipper (http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2/).  It flashed
> up a
> black console window momentarily.
> 
> Oh, this is sooooo frustrating! :-(
> 
> Can anyone point me in the right direction?
> 
> And then I can get to grips with my work.
> 
> tia
>     Bill
> 
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