Installing ibm_db package on Windows 7, 64-bit problem

[Alexander Shmugliakov]

On Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 10:09:26 AM UTC+2, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 6:46 PM, Alexander Shmugliakov
> <shmuglak at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello, has anybody successfully installed ibm_db package in the 32-bit Python 3.5.0 environment? This is the error messages I'm receiving:
> > I know that the message about vcvarsall.bat is related to the Visual Studio configuration -- I don't have it on my computer. I have no 64-bit IBM Data Server Driver installed on my machine. Any help will be *greatly* appreciated.
> >
> > '--------------------------------------------------------------------------'
> > C:\Program Files (x86)\Python 3.5>easy_install ibm_db
> > Searching for ibm-db
> > Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/ibm_db/
> > Best match: ibm-db 2.0.6
> > Downloading https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/i/ibm_db/ibm_db-2.0.6.tar.gz#md5=f6b80e1489167a141ebf8978c37ca398
> > Processing ibm_db-2.0.6.tar.gz
> > Writing C:\Users\shmuglak\AppData\Local\Temp\easy_install-yijpttuo\ibm_db-2.0.6\setup.cfg
> > Running ibm_db-2.0.6\setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir C:\Users\shmuglak\AppData\Local\Temp\easy_install-yijpttuo\ibm_db-
> > 2.0.6\egg-dist-tmp-np3lk_6i
> > Detected 32-bit Python
> > C:\Users\shmuglak\AppData\Local\Temp\easy_install-yijpttuo\ibm_db-2.0.6\setup.py:204: UserWarning: Detected usage of IBM
> >  Data Server Driver package. Ensure you have downloaded 32-bit package of IBM_Data_Server_Driver and retry the ibm_db module install
> >
> >   warnings.warn(notifyString)
> > warning: no files found matching 'README'
> > warning: no files found matching '*' under directory 'clidriver'
> > warning: no files found matching '*' under directory 'ibm_db_dlls'
> > error: Setup script exited with error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat
> 
> Hmm. I don't understand the warning there, but the final error is
> pretty straight-forward: you cannot build a package from source
> without having Visual Studio installed. Sadly, my usual go-to source
> for Windows wheels doesn't have ibm_db:
> 
> http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/
> 
> but that's definitely the first place to look.
> 
> You basically have two choices:
> 
> 1) Install the zero-dollar edition of Visual Studio 2015 (I think it's
> available from https://www.visualstudio.com/ but I've never actually
> used it, so don't depend on my advice), and build the extension from
> source. You may find Steve Dower's blog helpful here:
> http://stevedower.id.au/blog/building-for-python-3-5/
> 
> 2) Find someone who has done the above, or is willing to do it for
> you. Get him/her to build you a wheel file (.whl), which will then be
> able to be installed on your computer without needing Visual Studio.
> 
> You may be able to contact the author(s) of the ibm_db package and ask
> for a wheel. Or there might be someone here who'll do it for you. Be
> aware, though, that you have to trust the wheel builder completely;
> you'll be taking compiled binary code and installing it on your
> computer. I'm sure most people in the world are trustworthy, but there
> are those few who aren't... But you already know that, I have no
> doubt.
> 
> Building it yourself is a lot more work, especially as a one-off, but
> once you get yourself set up to build from source, you should be able
> to build anything else you need without too much more effort.
> 
> All the best!
> 
> ChrisA

Thank you Chris! Actually I have received your response while in the process (quite a lengthy one for some reason) of the VS Community Edition installation. Will see if it will solve my problem (or at least brings me the missing dll). I appreciate your immediate response anyway.

Best, 
Alexander