On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 14:17, Richard D. Moores <rdmoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 09:00, Robert Kern <robert.k...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 11:53, Richard D. Moores <rdmoo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 07:48, Robin <robi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Matthieu Brucher >>>> <matthieu.bruc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> I'm afraid that if you don't know if you have a compiler, you don't >>>>> have one. This also means you will not be able to compile Numpy, as >>>>> the official compiler is no longer available. >>>> >>>> Is this the VS 2008 Express Edition? I saw something posted a while >>>> ago about how it was no longer available, but I think it was a mistake >>>> as it still seems to be easily available from: >>>> >>>> http://www.microsoft.com/express/downloads/#2008-All >>> >>> Would Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition have the C compiler? I know >>> some visual basic and wouldn't mine having this limited version of >>> 2008. >> >> You need Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition. Visual Basic 2008 Express >> Edition is just a component of Visual Studio and does not have the C >> compiler. Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition is probably sufficient, > > You mean it probably has the C compiler.
It definitely has the C compiler. That is *probably* sufficient for compiling Python extensions, but I am not sure. > If it does, I'd just as soon > not install any more of VS. And if it does, does that mean that the > setup.py in question would find it? Probably. If you try it, but setup.py still tells you "error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat", then you may need to find where the file vcvarsall.bat is in your VS-C++ installation and add it to your %PATH% environment variable. Then start a new command shell and try the setup.py again. >> but >> I recommend getting the whole Visual Studio if you can afford the time >> and disk space. > > Because you think VS is a good application -- quite apart from its > being a source of a C compiler? No, because it is most likely to work the first time. -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
