> GnuWin32 is not a package on itself, but rather a way to install packages. So > you don't need to install anything, just unpack the zip file in \GNUWIN32, and > *follow* the installation instructions in User's Guide. > > Tell me how it goes, > Not too well, actually, but I am also confused in several aspects, and there is probably something straightforward I am missing.
So, first I have unzipped the file as you suggest whereafter I have the following folder hierarchy: C:\GnuWin32\bin C:\GnuWin32\doc C:\GnuWin32\include C:\GnuWin32\lib C:\GnuWin32\manifest The first thing which I find odd here is that there is not an lzo-1-08 subfolder to GnuWin32 in the zip file. Next, if I read the User's Guide, sec. 2.1.1, "Prerequisites" (I've used the Windows binary installer to install PyTables) it says that setup.py needs to know the LZO_DIR and I should define the LZO_DIR env variable such that it knows where the necessay .lib and .h files are installed. I am surprised by that as I thought the only run-time thing needed to knwo was where the dll is - they are all in three different subdirectories. Next it is stated that I should use SET commands to set those values. I do not quite undertsand that as that will only have effect in a cmd window and will not be persisted. Thus I instead defined LZO_DIR as a System env. variable. I have tried defining it as LZO_DIR = C:\GNUWIN32 and also LZO_DIR = C:\GNUWIN32\bin (the HDF5_DIR and BZIP2_DIR environment variables are btw not defined, seems like the Windows installer manages to handle this by some other means) and then in an IPython shell test by doing import tables; tables.test() In both cases I get the following warning: C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\tables\filters.py:258: FiltersWarning: compression library ``lzo`` is not available; using ``zli b`` instead % (complib, default_complib), FiltersWarning ) indicating that PyTables could not find the LZO package. So what am I doing wrong? Cheers, Kim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Pytables-users mailing list Pytables-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pytables-users
