On Fri, Sep 05, 2003 at 09:07:57PM +0100, Simon Willison wrote:
> I'm trying to install Quixote on Windows (XP Home) and I get the
> following error when I run python.exe setup.py install:
>
> """
> error: Python was built with version 6 of Visual Studio, and
> extensions need to be built with the same version of the
> compiler, but it isn't installed.
> """
>
> I don't have Visual Studio and have no intention of getting it - is
> there any way I can get hold of the precompiled binaries for whatever
> Quixote is trying to do?

   You don't need to. Quixote can be installed in pure python mode. Edit
your setup.py and comment out line

   kw['ext_modules'].append(htmltext)

Oleg.
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