[Gdal-dev] mingw build

[Pete Nagy]

Thanks Eric, but I do need python.  I'm trying to make some OpenEV
enhancements, and OpenEV uses gdal with python.

I just found a pyMinGW site
http://jove.prohosting.com/iwave/ipython/pyMinGW.html
which says that

"This project is for those who, armed with the fact that Python is itself
an open source project, have many a time asked that Python support an open
source compiler on the Windows platform."

I have found myself asking this question about project after project, as
I try to build things like vtk or openev dependencies using mingw and
cygwin.  Sigh.

Maybe I'll just make this change in linux and try to persuade Frank that
it should be added to gdal, and then just use the next windows binary
(compiled using the preferred(?!) VC)!

-> Pete

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On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, Eric Sokolowsky wrote:

> On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, Pete Nagy wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm trying to build gdal using mingw and cygwin on windows, but I get a
> > configure error:
> >
> > checking where python Makefiles are... found
> > checking Python makefile... C:\Python24/lib/python2.4/config/Makefile
> > missing, python disabled.
> >
> > I try to use prebuilt windows binaries whenever possible, and did not
> > build python myself.  Does anyone have any hints on getting gdal to
> > build with the least amount of effort?  If I just download the python
> > source and find this Makefile that gdal seems to be looking for, would
> > this be sufficient?
>
> If you don't require python, just use --without-python as an option
> to configure. I do this for my builds on Linux, because we don't need
> to use gdal from python.
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