A Friday 31 July 2009 11:20:33 Kim Hansen escrigué: > > 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.
No. This is the correct structure following GnuWin32. So that's OK. > > 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. You are looking in the wrong place. You are doing a *binary* installation, so the place to look at is: http://www.pytables.org/docs/manual/ch02.html#binaryInstallationDescr Please, try again with the above directives, -- Francesc Alted ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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