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How do I install Python 2.7 with Unix libraries on Cygwin?

Obviously getting Python 2.6 is easy - just install the Cygwin package with setup.exe.

Installing the Windows version of Python 2.7 was also easy, but I could not access the Unix modules.

So I've been trying to install Python from source, but it seems every time I fix one Make error there is another waiting just behind it. I am getting rather fed up with the whole thing and thinking someone else must have either done this or figured out it is impossible.

I feel installing Linux would have been the easier route...

I have been trying for about a week to get this to work.

Peter Mortensen
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Maybe following this guide will be enough for what you need: http://web.archive.org/web/20160409142417/http://www.tux.org/~mayer/cygwin/python/index.html

  1. Download the desired version from http://www.python.org/ftp/python/. Here are the direct links: Python-2.7.1.tar.bz2, Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2, or Python-2.7.3.tar.bz2.

  2. Download the matching patch Python-2.7.1-cygwin.patch.bz2, Python-2.7.2-cygwin.patch.bz2, or Python-2.7.3-cygwin.patch.bz2.

  3. Unpack the sources, for example for 2.7.3:
    tar -jxvf Python-2.7.3.tar.bz2

  4. Patch the sources, for example for 2.7.3:
    bzcat Python-2.7.3-cygwin.patch.bz2 | patch -p0

  5. Configure the build. For example, you may want to install into /usr/local:
    cd Python-2.7.3
    ./configure --prefix=/usr/local

  6. Compile the configured sources:
    make

  7. Install the compiled build:
    make install

Worthwelle
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