Installation of yappi (timing module)

[Virgil Stokes]

On 24-Aug-2012 12:28, Virgil Stokes wrote:
> I have been doing some experiments with different modules for the timing of 
> functions and code segments. One module I would like to test is yappi (thread 
> aware timer) which is listed at PyPI. However, I have been unable to install 
> it on Windows Vista and Windows 7 (Python 2.7 on both). I have tried both 
> easy_install and pip (as suggested at http://code.google.com/p/yappi/). Here 
> is what happens with easy_install
>
> C:\Users\Virgil>easy_install yappi
> Searching for yappi
> Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/yappi/
> Reading http://yappi.googlecode.com/
> Best match: yappi 0.62
> Downloading http://yappi.googlecode.com//files/yappi-0.62.tar.gz
> Processing yappi-0.62.tar.gz
> Writing 
> c:\users\virgil\appdata\local\temp\easy_install-tzt5gl\yappi-0.62\setup.cfg
> Running yappi-0.62\setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir 
> c:\users\virgil\appdata\local\temp\easy_install-tzt5gl\yappi-0.62\egg-dist-tmp-t3qodo
> In file included from D:\python27\include\Python.h:8,
>                  from config.h:4,
>                  from _yappi.c:10:
> D:\python27\include\pyconfig.h:68: io.h: No such file or directory
> D:\python27\include\pyconfig.h:296: stdio.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from config.h:4,
>                  from _yappi.c:10:
> D:\python27\include\Python.h:19: limits.h: No such file or directory
> D:\python27\include\Python.h:22: #error "Something's broken. UCHAR_MAX should 
> be defined in limits.h."
> D:\python27\include\Python.h:26: #error "Python's source code assumes C's 
> unsigned char is an 8-bit type."
> D:\python27\include\Python.h:33: stdio.h: No such file or directory
> D:\python27\include\Python.h:35: #error "Python.h requires that stdio.h define 
> NULL."
> D:\python27\include\Python.h:38: string.h: No such file or directory
> D:\python27\include\Python.h:40: errno.h: No such file or directory
> D:\python27\include\Python.h:42: stdlib.h: No such file or directory
> D:\python27\include\Python.h:49: stddef.h: No such file or directory
> D:\python27\include\Python.h:56: assert.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from D:\python27\include\Python.h:58,
>                  from config.h:4,
>                  from _yappi.c:10:
> D:\python27\include\pyport.h:306: stdlib.h: No such file or directory
> D:\python27\include\pyport.h:312: math.h: No such file or directory
> D:\python27\include\pyport.h:325: time.h: No such file or directory
> D:\python27\include\pyport.h:377: sys\stat.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from D:\python27\include\Python.h:85,
>                  from config.h:4,
>                  from _yappi.c:10:
> D:\python27\include\unicodeobject.h:4: stdarg.h: No such file or directory
> D:\python27\include\unicodeobject.h:57: ctype.h: No such file or directory
> D:\python27\include\unicodeobject.h:120: wchar.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from D:\python27\include\Python.h:94,
>                  from config.h:4,
>                  from _yappi.c:10:
> D:\python27\include\stringobject.h:10: stdarg.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from D:\python27\include\Python.h:98,
>                  from config.h:4,
>                  from _yappi.c:10:
> D:\python27\include\bytearrayobject.h:9: stdarg.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from D:\python27\include\Python.h:121,
>                  from config.h:4,
>                  from _yappi.c:10:
> D:\python27\include\pyerrors.h:319: stdarg.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from D:\python27\include\Python.h:126,
>                  from config.h:4,
>                  from _yappi.c:10:
> D:\python27\include\modsupport.h:10: stdarg.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from _yappi.c:10:
> config.h:15: stdint.h: No such file or directory
> In file included from _yappi.c:23:
> timing.h:8: windows.h: No such file or directory
> error: Setup script exited with error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
>
> And pip fails with similar problems (same pyconfig errors where C++ header 
> files are not found). In both cases yappi-0.62.tar.gz was downloaded.Note: 1) 
> I also tried to install from the source which also failed with similar 
> problems, 2) I have both cygwin and MinGW gcc compilers on my systems and they 
> do contain in their include folder these "missing" header files.
>
> Any suggestions on how yappi can be installed would be appreciated.
>
> --V :-)
>
>
>
Problem solved!
The ordering of the gcc compilers in my PATH statement caused this failure. I 
have ordered these compilers such that the first one contains the required 
header files and the installation of yappi is now successful.
--V