You can use "Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4". http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279
Thanks. Last time I tried that route, it was for 64 bit py2.7. And it required some kludging of environment variables, and registry acces I don't have permission for. But it still may be the best bet. I'll give it a try when I have a chance. And this should be in the "official" docs... -CHB On Sat, Sep 26, 2015 at 12:24 AM, Chris Barker - NOAA Federal < chris.bar...@noaa.gov> wrote: > As I understand it, the MS VS2010 compiler is required (or at least > best practice) for compiling Python extensions for the python.org > Windows builds of py 3.4 and ?[1] > > However, MS now makes it very hard (impossible?) to download VS2010 > Express ( or Community, or whatever the free as in beer version is > called). > > I realize that this is not python-dev's responsibility, but if there > is any way to either document where it can be found, or put a bit of > pressure on MS to make it available, as they have for VS2008 and > py2.7, that would be great. > > Sorry to bug this list, I didn't know where else to reach out to. > > -Chris > > [1] it's actually prefer hard to find out which compiler version is > used for which python version. And has been for years. Would a patch > to the docs, probably here: > > https://docs.python.org/3.4/using/windows.html#compiling-python-on-windows > > Be considered? > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/songofacandy%40gmail.com > -- INADA Naoki <songofaca...@gmail.com>
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