[reportlab-users] Installing version 2.2 on Windows

[Robin Becker]

David Hughes wrote:

> I tried upgrading to version 2.2 under Windows and initially attempted 

> the full build, using setup.py install, but got horribly tangled up 

> trying to compile the c extensions because the lib and include 

> directories for freetype2 look to be hard coded to locations on your own 

> machines. So I just copied the reportlab directory tree over into 

> site-packages as recommended for the manual install, and then downloaded 

> _renderPM.pyd and _rl_accel.pyd separately. This means I don't believe I 

> have freetype2 explicitly installed. Is this OK and sufficient?

> 

> Regards,

> 

> David Hughes

......
I believe our versions should have the freetype2 stuff statically linked so you 
don't need freetype2 explicitly.

I hoped that people would use the setup.cfg file to specify where stuff lives, 
but obviously I was too stupid to put in text saying that was what you need to do :(
-- 
Robin Becker