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[jean-pierre charras - INPG <jean-pierre.charras@...>]

DELIZY Florian a écrit :

> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > In order to compile Kicad on Mingw with support of Python, somebody
> > can give me a pointer of how to install boost.python (only for this
> > purpose).
> >
> That's right you have to install both boost.python and wxpython to run
> the python support ...
>
> I can't help you for installing it under windows though ... I am only
> building it under Linux. JP. Charras told me to have done so, maybe you
> can get some info there...
Assuming you have installed mingw, mys, python and boost you must:
1 - build bjam which is a tool used to build boost
2 - build boost.

1 - Building bjam:
bjam is in boost\tools\build\jam_src.
The script used to build bjam is build.bat, in window command 
interpreter format (cmd.exe)
- run cmd
- go to boost\tools\build\jam_src
- run build.bat with the correct parameter: build.bat mingw
- the build process creates bin.ntx86\bjam.exe. copy it in 
boost\tools\build\jam_src.
- quit cmd.

2 - build boost:
after bjam.exe was created in boost\tools\build\jam_src:
run mys and goto boost.
run configure with the correct parameters like:
./configure --with-python-root=/c/python25 --with-python-version=2.5)
run make.

But the main problem is with Python itself:
Python under Windows is compiled with microsof C compiler, and has no 
makefile for mingw.
when you want add a binding to python, the binding MUST be compiled with 
the same compiler.

Because boost, wxPython and kicad are compiled with mingw there is a big 
problem.

It seems possible to convert the python dlls and python configuration in 
order to add mingw compiled extensions,
but yet, i do not make it.
So i was not able to install the entire wxPython tool cahin.

Here is the scripts I have used to build and install wxPython extensions:

in wxPython-2.8.3/wxPython: (now, you can use wxPython 2.8.4 )

build wxPython extensions:
export WXWIN=/f/wxPython-2.8.3/
/c/Python25/python setup.py build_ext -c mingw32 --inplace MONOLITHIC=1 
UNICODE=1 HYBRID=0 FINAL=1 WX_CONFIG=$WXWIN/wx-config

install python extensions (does not work because Python distribution is 
compiled with MSWC)

export WXWIN=/f/wxPython-2.8.3/
/c/Python25/python setup.py install

Good luck ...



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