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

[Dirk Holtwick]

> 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?


Yes, they behave like this. But Reportlab is not constricted to have the 
extensions working (imagine Google AppEngine, see discussion before in 
this list).

BTW, Reportlab 2.1 installer did not emit these errors and worked fine.

I don't know if this option can be checked by distutils or setuptools. I 
would suggest to separate the extensions from the core package. Or make 
them optional.


> Why don't you use the proper Windows installer? Look near the bottom

> of the download page:

> 

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


Because I set up a virtual environment using "virtualenv". No idea how 
to use the Windows installers there...

This is not a problem for me, because I just copied the "reportlab" 
folder to the correct "site-packages" folder. But my user of Pisa may 
get confused if the run in such a problem. Therefore it would be great 
if this issue could be considered to be fixed. Maybe this is also an 
issue for Linux and Mac users who do not have installed the compiler and 
headers?

Dirk