Re: PyCairo install errors on Windows 64 bit Python 2.7

On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 3:04 AM, Jeffrey Britton <[email protected]> wrote:
> I installed waf version 1.6.8 into the directory above py2cairo.
> I installed Visual Studio 2008 express.
> I can't find python-config-2.7 in my Python directory.
> I can't find this python-config on the internet.
> Although I did find something called "config" which I installed.
> I ran vcvarsall.bat
> I placed site-packages into my PYTHONPATH.
> Below is the command line dump.
> I am stuck.
>
> C:\Users\JeffB\Downloads\py2cairo-1.10.0>python ..\waf.py configure
>   ./options()
> Setting top to                           :
> C:\Users\JeffB\Downloads\py2cairo-1.10.0
> Setting out to                           :
> C:\Users\JeffB\Downloads\py2cairo-1.10.0\build_directory
>   ./configure()
> Checking for 'msvc' (c compiler)         : C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
> Visual Studio 10.0\VC\BIN\CL.exe
> Checking for program python              : c:\apps\python27\python.exe
> Checking for python version              : (2, 7, 2, 'final', 0)
> Checking for library python2.7 in $prefix/libs : not found
> Checking for library python27 in $prefix/libs  : yes
> Checking for program python2.7-config,python-config-2.7,python2.7m-config :
> not found
> Checking for header Python.h                                              :
> yes
> Checking for program pkg-config                                           :
> not found
> Could not find the program pkg-config

From the log it looks like waf can continue even without python-config.
It seems to fail because it cannot find pkg-config
(http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config)
Can you try if installing pkg-config fixes your problem?

Andrea

> (complete log in
> C:\Users\JeffB\Downloads\py2cairo-1.10.0\build_directory\config.log)
>
> C:\Users\JeffB\Downloads\py2cairo-1.10.0>python ..\waf.py --version
> waf 1.6.8 (516a253cbdbb4eef3165c4d47c2074a0fb5dce95)
>
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