<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:04 AM, Phil Thompson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:phil@riverbankcomputing.com">phil@riverbankcomputing.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> The file c:\programs\Python26\include\Python.h does exist, with read<br>
> permissions enabled, so I assumed that the inability to find it was<br>
either<br>
> an error in the build scripts, or my own misunderstanding of how to use<br>
> them.<br>
<br>
</div>Are you using Cygwin or just MinGW? I think Cygwin has given lots of<br>
problems in the past.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"></div></blockquote><div><br>It's cygwin; that might explain the problems.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> In either case, a pre-compiled binary distribution of PyQt for<br>
> Windows<br>
> running 64-bit Python would allow me to skip all this. Is there such a<br>
> package?<br>
<br>
</div>Not to my knowledge.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
> Is it necessary to get one if I cannot build PyQt (or SIP) on my own? Or<br>
> should it be possible to use this distribution:<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
<a href="http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Downloads/PyQt4/PyQt-Py2.6-gpl-4.4.4-2.exe" target="_blank">http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Downloads/PyQt4/PyQt-Py2.6-gpl-4.4.4-2.exe</a><br>
><br>
> with 64-bit Python 2.6.1, through some other configuration trick?<br>
<br>
</div>I doubt it.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
Phil</font></blockquote><div><br>Thank you for the information. It looks like wxPython is a better choice for my project, since it has a Windows installer that works out of the box with 64-bit Python.<br><br>Dave<br></div>
</div><br>