[Biopython-dev] Compiling Biopython on 64 bit Windows, was: Volunteer buildslave machines?

[Manlio Calvi]

Update from the first round of fights :)

Apparently even using the ginormous windows toolchains available
online is the compilers hit a snags on architectures in the build.py
script (isn't a build.py problem, I think), that's because every main
version of python needs a different toolchain in windows and must be
the FULL windows toolchain because they put in limitation to the
compilers on the x64 architectures, the only (legal) way to have the
full win tools is buy it and I can't afford them.

So tl;dr I'm going to try mingw-64 toolchains, hoping those goes well.

Bye to all,
Manlio

On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 6:03 PM, Peter Cock <p.j.a.cock at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Manlio Calvi <manlio.calvi at gmail.com> wrote:
>> OK one step at time, giving that WinPython is a self contained
>> distro(or so is claimed) I'm downloading that and all the binaries
>> Christoph Gohlke use of compiling his tools (this mean all the
>> dependencies of biopython are built against the Gohlke's toolchain)
>> I'm downloading two of them one contain python 2.7 and the other 3.3,
>> I'll try to build biopython against those two when all the downloading
>> and installing went well.
>> Then I'll report here.
>> Only I don't know if could to all today
>>
>> Manlio
>
> Good luck - even if we don't reach the buildbot stage, this
> should help establish proper Windows 64 bit support for
> Biopython :)
>
> Thank you,
>
> Peter