xmingw and f2py

[Flavio]

Thanks Nick,

It seems that xmingw package in gentoo is the same as the mingw on
debian, from the directory structure and executables you mention.

I'll give it a try and if works with f2py, I'll post a complete
tutorial after I am done for other people to follow.

Thanks a lot.


Nick Craig-Wood wrote:
> Flavio <fccoelho at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  has anyone tried to build extensions for win32 on Linux using
> >  xmingw?
>
> I don't know about xmingw, but we use mingw on linux to compile stuff
> for windows all the time.  (We use the mingw package under debian)
>
> We build extensions using mingw but linked to the link library of the
> official python2.4 build.
>
> Here are some instructions which you'll need to adapt to your setup
>
> /misc/windows is a smb mounted windows machine
>
> # Linking with the distributed python
> #
> # http://bonsai.ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~mdehoon/software/python/cygwin.html
> #
> # On a windows machine
> # install the latest windows python (2.4.3.msi) from www.python.org
> # Copy the header files into the mingw installation
> cp -av /misc/windows/Python24/include /usr/i586-mingw32msvc/include/python2.4
> # Download pexports from here
> # http://www.emmestech.com/software/cygwin/pexports-0.43/download_pexports.html
> # unpack pexports.exe
> unzip pexports-0.43.zip
> # Fetch python dll from the windows machine
> cp -av /misc/windows/WINNT/system32/python24.dll .
> # Extract the exported symbols
> wine pexports python24.dll > python24.def
> # Create the link library
> /usr/i586-mingw32msvc/bin/dlltool --dllname python24.dll --def python24.def --output-lib libpython2.4.a
> # Move the files into the correct place
> mv -i python24.dll python24.def libpython2.4.a /usr/i586-mingw32msvc/lib/
>
> After that lot you can build python extensions with mingw under linux,
> using -lpython2.4
>
> --
> Nick Craig-Wood <nick at craig-wood.com> -- http://www.craig-wood.com/nick