[Mingw-users] python setup.py install headache

[David M. <ma...@ca...>]

I'm working on building pymol inside mingw using the Windows version
of Python 2.5.1 (the version that installs from an .msi file).

Python is installed in C:/progs/Python25
Msys  is installed in C:/progs/mingw
Mingw is installed in C:/progs/mingw/1.0/mingw

gcc.exe for mingw is the 4.2.1 binary.
In an msys window:

  export PATH=$PATH:/c/progs/python25

I was able to build (with some effort) pymol in this
environment using:

  python setup.py build -c mingw32

However when I try to install it does this:

  python setup.py install
in setup.py
win32
running install
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
error: Python was built with Visual Studio 2003;
extensions must be built with a compiler than can generate compatible
binaries.
Visual Studio 2003 was not found on this system. If you have Cygwin
installed,
you can try compiling with MingW32, by passing "-c mingw32" to setup.py.


and

  python setup.py install -c mingw32

in setup.py
win32
usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...]
   or: setup.py --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...]
   or: setup.py --help-commands
   or: setup.py cmd --help

error: invalid command 'mingw32'


Ie, you can't get there from here :-(

Any ideas?  

I thought maybe this was a protection issue, as Python
was installed from an administrator account, but msys is running in a
nonpriv'd account.  However, running msys as Administrator gave the
same results.

Thanks,

David Mathog
ma...@ca...
Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech