[reportlab-users] [BUG] Installation error on Windows

[Andy Robinson]

2008/10/15 Dirk Holtwick <dirk.holtwick at gmail.com>:

> Hi,

>

> I tried to install Reportlab 2.2 under Windows like this:

>

> $ python setup.py install

>

> Since Reportlab also works without the speedup extensions it would be great

> if the installer could pass this step if a compiler is not available.


Yes, but is distutils/setuptools smart enough to do that? And doesn't every
Python package with a C extension behave like this if you lack the compiler?


Why don't you use the proper Windows installer? Look near the bottom
of the download page:

    http://www.reportlab.org/downloads.html#dlls

- Andy