Preparing Windows build environment¶

To start developing PyYAWT code on Windows you will have to install a C compiler and prepare the build environment.

Installing Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7¶

Downloading Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7 from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44266.

After installing the Compiler and before compiling the extension you have to configure some environment variables.

For build execute the util/setenv_win.bat script in the cmd window:

rem Configure the environment for builds.
rem Convince setup.py to use the SDK tools.
set MSSdk=1
set DISTUTILS_USE_SDK=1

Next steps¶

After completing these steps continue with Installing build dependencies.