Re: cannot install psycopg2

On Sunday, January 01, 2012 11:40:07 am Peter Irbizon wrote:
> hello,please help, I am trying to install psycopg on winXP Pro with Python
> 2.7 but the following errors occured: What am I doing wrong?
>
> C:\Python_ext\psycopg2-2.4.4>python setup.py install
> running install
> running build
> running build_py
> running build_ext
> building 'psycopg2._psycopg' extension
> C:\MinGW\bin\gcc.exe -mno-cygwin -mdll -O -Wall
> -DPSYCOPG_DEFAULT_PYDATETIME=1 "-DPSYCOPG_VER
> SION=\"2.4.4 (dt dec pq3 ext)\"" -DPG_VERSION_HEX=0x090102
> -DPSYCOPG_EXTENSIONS=1 -DPSYCOPG_N
> EW_BOOLEAN=1 -DHAVE_PQFREEMEM=1 -IC:\Python27\include -IC:\Python27\PC -I.
> -IC:/PROGRA~1/POST
> GR~1/9.1/include -IC:/PROGRA~1/POSTGR~1/9.1/include/server -c
> psycopg\psycopgmodule.c -o buil
> d\temp.win32-2.7\Release\psycopg\psycopgmodule.o -O3 -fno-strict-aliasing
> cc1.exe: error: unrecognized command line option '-mno-cygwin'
> error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

The best answer is go to:

http://initd.org/psycopg/install/

and read the section on "Installing on Windows"

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Adrian Klaver
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