Re: Error building Vim

Enan,

Thank you for your detailed explanation. I had, indeed, failed to install
both Python 2 and 3 and had only installed 3, though was building for both.
Once I figured out that beginner error, I've been doing just fine with it.

I got lucky with putting everything in my PATH, but the -I tip isn't
something I'd thought to include myself. Very useful.

Thank you, again.

Salman

On Mon, Jun 3, 2024, 00:29 Enan Ajmain <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mon, 27 May 2024 23:09:16 -0400
> Salman Halim <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm trying to set up a new Windows 11 laptop and have followed the steps
> in
> > INSTALLpc.txt after getting the latest Vim repository from git. When I
> try
> > to compile with Python support, I get the following error and compilation
> > stops. I'm hoping someone can tell me what to do about this.
> >
> > if_python.c:66:10: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
> >    66 | #include <Python.h>
> >       |          ^~~~~~~~~~
> > compilation terminated.
>
> Your compiler is failing to find the python header file.  MinGW doesn't
> provide headers for Python.  You'll have to provide it yourself.
>
> Install Python.  Install the version you want.  Get the location of the
> executable by running Python and then running these Python statements:
>
>   import sys
>   print(sys.executable)
>
> Assume the output is: C:\Python\python.exe
>
> Then go into C:\Python and you should see a include/ folder (also a lib/
> folder, which will come into use later).  There should be a Python.h
> file, and all other Python-related header files, in this folder.  Add
> this folder to the include folders when running the compiler (-I flag).
>
> You'll also have to add the lib/ folder to the library folders when
> linking (-l flag).  I can't remember the specific commands or flags.
> Since you're building from source, I'm sure you know your C and GCC.
>
> Good luck.
>
> > My command-line (executed from inside vim/src):
> >
> > mingw32-make -f Make_ming.mak -j$NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS GUI=yes
> FEATURES=HUGE
> > PYTHON3=c:/Python312 PYTHON3_VER=312 PYTHON=c:/Python27 PYTHON_VER=27
> > DYNAMIC_PYTHON=yes STATIC_STDCPLUS=yes DIRECTX=yes
> >
> > I've tried changing 'mingw32-make' to just 'make' and still get the same
> > error. Running it with 'clean' instead of all the other parameters works
> as
> > expected.
> >
> > I would appreciate any help here, please.
> >
> > Thank you and best regards,
> >
>
>
>
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