Re: Building biopython 1.30 on Windows with MSCV

There *is* a Windows installer for Biopython 1.30, for some reason it is not 
visible now on the Biopython website. I have updated the biopython webpage in 
CVS, but I cannot find the setup.py on the biopython webserver to install the 
new webpage. Does anybody know what happened with this setup.py?

--Michiel.

Peter wrote:
> I'm trying to build and/or install BioPython 1.30 on Windows XP.
>
> I would guess that since there isn't a Windows installer for Biopython 1.30 
> (yet) that most development occurs on linux/unix.
>
> Furthermore, the only instructions in the documentation are for Borland's free 
> C++ compiler:
>
> http://www.bioinformatics.org/bradstuff/bp/tut/Tutorial001.html#sec:windows_install
>
> I have Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 (MSVC) which I have successfully used to 
> compile other python extensions (both a simple install, and creation of a 
> windows installation program).
>
> In theory using MSVC 6.0 should actually be easier, but it looks like no-one 
> has tried this recently as there is a library problem of some sort.  If I try 
> this for BioPython 1.30:
>
> python setup.py bdist_wininst
>
> After a few warnings, it fails here:
>
> building 'Bio.PDB.mmCIF.MMCIFlex' extension
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\BIN\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /MD /W3
> /GX /DNDEBUG -IBio -Ic:\Python23\include -Ic:\Python23\PC 
> /TcBio/PDB/mmCIF/lex.yy.c 
> /Fobuild\temp.win32-2.3\Release\Bio/PDB/mmCIF/lex.yy.obj
> lex.yy.c
> Bio/PDB/mmCIF/lex.yy.c(12) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 
> 'unistd.h': No such file or directory
> error: command '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\BIN\cl.exe"' fail
> ed with exit status 2
>
> Before I can too carried away, does anyone on the list have any experience of 
> building BioPython on windows?
>
> Thank you
>
> Peter

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Michiel de Hoon, Assistant Professor
University of Tokyo, Institute of Medical Science
Human Genome Center
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