Changes between Version 46 and Version 47 of AdvancedInstall

Timestamp:

2011-08-26T18:05:26Z (13 years ago)

Author:

davidsarah

Comment:

also a bug if quickstart doesn't work for Python 2.7 on Windows

AdvancedInstall

@@ -301 +301 @@
 ==== What if that doesn't work? ====
 
-The build or install steps could result in an error that says a compiler is needed. If this happens and you are using Python 2.6, it is a packaging bug that should be reported to the tahoe-dev list. If you are using a different version of Python or want to compile the C/C++ components yourself, install the MinGW C/C++ compiler as follows (this only works for 32-bit Windows):
+The build or install steps could result in an error that says a compiler is needed. If this happens and you are using Python 2.6 or Python 2.7, it is a packaging bug that should be reported to the tahoe-dev list. If you are using a different version of Python or want to compile the C/C++ components yourself, install the MinGW C/C++ compiler as follows (this only works for 32-bit Windows):
 
 1. Download and install MinGW from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/ (the main installer linked from the big green download button). The installer will prompt you for what components to install. You need the base components plus g++.