From eec91445beb1d260d8554dbf5aae64fc54b606ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: davidsarah <> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:05:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] also a bug if quickstart doesn't work for Python 2.7 on Windows [Imported from Trac: page AdvancedInstall, version 47] --- AdvancedInstall.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/AdvancedInstall.md b/AdvancedInstall.md index fa39763..dc7ba88 100644 --- a/AdvancedInstall.md +++ b/AdvancedInstall.md @@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ Note that this assumes that you install Python in the default location (C:\Pytho [=#point9.4.1] ==== What if that doesn't work? ==== -The build or install steps could result in an error that says a compiler is needed. If this happens and you are using Python 2.6, it is a packaging bug that should be reported to the tahoe-dev list. If you are using a different version of Python or want to compile the C/C++ components yourself, install the MinGW C/C++ compiler as follows (this only works for 32-bit Windows): +The build or install steps could result in an error that says a compiler is needed. If this happens and you are using Python 2.6 or Python 2.7, it is a packaging bug that should be reported to the tahoe-dev list. If you are using a different version of Python or want to compile the C/C++ components yourself, install the MinGW C/C++ compiler as follows (this only works for 32-bit Windows): 1. Download and install MinGW from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/ (the main installer linked from the big green download button). The installer will prompt you for what components to install. You need the base components plus g++.