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Setting Up A Windows Build Host
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This document describes the steps taken to set up a Windows build host. It is
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intended to be step-by-step instructions of what packages need to be installed,
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where they can be gotten from, and how they are configured.
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This was written as a step-by-step as I set up the Amazon EC2 'desolation'
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instance. This was based on an Amazon Windows 2003 instance. Also note that for
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Amazon EC2, all programs were installed into the "C:" drive, as the "D:" drive
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is essentially ``/tmp`` and is not preserved between launched instances.
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1) Download cygwin's setup.exe from http://www.cygwin.com
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At present the current version is 1.5.25-15. This is used primarily to
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install the build scripts and gcc-mingw. Note that we explicitly *don't*
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install cygwin's python or bzr package. As we are only interested in
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running the native version of bzr. For information on running the cygwin
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port of bzr, look elsewhere.
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Probably not all of these packages are necessary, but they make life easier.
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2) Download the supported versions of python from http://www.python.org
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b) python 2.5.4 http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.5.4/python-2.5.4.msi
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c) python 2.4.4 (there is no Windows installer for 2.4.5 or 2.4.6)
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http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.4.4/python-2.4.4.msi
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Note that for Amazon EC2, all of these were installed int
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3) Configure 'distutils' for the compiler that you will be using. For python
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2.4 and 2.5 we use gcc-mingw32, for 2.6 we use Visual Studio 2008.
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Edit ``D:\Python25\Lib\disutils\distutils.cfg`` (you have to create the
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file). You want to add a section like::
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This also requires 'fixing' the cygwin gcc installation so that distutils
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can find it. Specifically, it knows to look for ``gcc.exe`` however, the
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latest versions of cygwin start using "alternatives" and making ``gcc`` just
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You also need to add ``C:\cygwin\bin`` and ``C:\cygwin\lib`` into your
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environment path. This is generally done with::
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Right Click My Computer / Properties / Advanced / Environment Variables
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System Variables / Select 'PATH' / Edit
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4) Download important python libraries. At the moment, the official Windows
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all-in-one installer is built using python 2.5. We will likely soon switch
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a) http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools
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Installing this first should make it easier to install some of the other
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tools. To install something using easy install, it is generally best to
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open up a ``cmd.exe`` shell (*not* a cygwin shell) and do::
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python.exe Scripts\easy_install-script.py -Z -O1 PACKAGE
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The '-Z' tells it to install as a regular directory. This generally works
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b) pywin32 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/
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c) easy_install paramiko
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This will also bring in PyCrypto and compile it, so it is important to
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have configured step (3) correctly.
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d) easy_install Pyrex (or Cython)
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Note, you should probably install pyrex for all versions of python. All
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of them need to run 'setup.py bdist_wininst' and so it is good to have it
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build automatically, rather than setting up an explicit build order based
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on which one has pyrex.
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e) easy_install cogapp
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f) install py2exe (easy_install failed)
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/py2exe/files/
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g) easy_install docutils
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http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/download
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Currently they only seem to offer PyQt 4.4.3 for python 2.5 and PyQt
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4.6.1 for python 2.6. They generally don't make it easy to install old
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i) Install pyreadline
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https://launchpad.net/pyreadline/+download
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j) easy_install pygments
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k) Patch pycrypto, so that it supports older Windows installs. (see bugs
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#248522, #272791, #497733). The direct link to the patch is:
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http://launchpadlibrarian.net/16133025/win32_clock.patch
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This may not end up necessary w/ pycrypto 2.1, especially if paramiko can
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be taught to use the new functionality (avoiding the warning).
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5) Get Pageant, not strictly necessary, but it is a pretty good ssh-agent for
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Windows, and paramiko knows how to use keys from Pageant.
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http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
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Note that you probably want to set the environment variable
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``BZR_SSH=paramiko`` at this time. Otherwise it will try to use the
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``ssh.exe`` that it finds on your PATH (as configured in step 3), and
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cygwin's openssh does *not* know how to access Pageant.
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I usually get the 'all-in-one' installer, but only because it is easier. You
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only really need ``pageant.exe`` and possibly ``puttygen.exe``.
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If you do this, you'll probably also want to install a shortcut to
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``pageant.exe`` in Start / Programs / Startup so that it always starts when
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you log in (though you still have to manually add your ssh keys.)
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Note that on the Amazon EC2 machine, I'm having problems with temp files
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being created without the permission for the current user to actually read
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them. They seem to be owned by ``Administrator`` rather than by
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6) Install bzr. Usually it is easiest to just get the latest all-in-one
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installer from https://launchpad.net/bzr/+download
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7) Install INNOSetup from:
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http://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php
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After installing, you'll want to add ``C:\Program Files\Inno Setup 5`` to
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8) Fix distutils for the specific version of gcc. Distutils in python2.4.4 has
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a bug where it assumes version strings have only 3 digits. The fix is to
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just change one '?' in the regex into a '*'::
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--- version.py 2009-11-05 14:41:47.497212900 -0800
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+++ version.py 2009-11-05 14:39:57.684712900 -0800
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in the distutils documentation.
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- version_re = re.compile(r'^(\d+) \. (\d+) (\. (\d+))? ([ab](\d+))?$',
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+ version_re = re.compile(r'^(\d+) \. (\d+) (\. (\d+))* ([ab](\d+))?$',
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9) If you want to build in the source tree, you need the zlib dll and
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associated libraries, put somewhere on your path. The buildout routines grab
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this directly and add it to the build path, but that doesn't work for
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http://www.zlib.net/zlib123-dll.zip
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I usually download and extract this to something like ``C:\local\`` so that
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I end up with a ``C:\local\lib`` and ``C:\local\include`` directory. I then
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modify the ``distutils.cfg`` file to tell the compiler where to find these
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headers and libraries::
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include-dirs = C:/local/include
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library-dirs = C:/local/lib
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Note that you'll probably want to put the ``zlib1.dll`` into your path. You
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1) Add ``C:\local`` to your PATH variable in
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"My Computer/Properties/Advanced/Environment Variables"
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2) More logically, move ``zlib1.dll`` to either 'lib' or 'bin'
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subdirectories and add that.
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3) Copy it to ``C:\Windows\``.
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I recommend 3, mostly because lots of apps will want to use zlib1.dll in the
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long run. (You may already have it.)
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10) Install Visual Studio 2008 Professional
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=83C3A1EC-ED72-4A79-8961-25635DB0192B&displaylang=en
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This is a 3GB DVD iso image. You can mount it directly with Microsofts
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iso mounting utility:
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http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/b/6/7b6abd84-7841-4978-96f5-bd58df02efa2/winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel_21.exe
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You need at least Windows XP (which introduced direct iso support, I
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Note that there is a Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio. The ISO can be
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyou.aspx?familyId=27673c47-b3b5-4c67-bd99-84e525b5ce61&displayLang=en
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However, on EC2, there isn't enough room on C: to actually run the
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installer. You need approx 6GB of free disk space. And EC2 only gives your
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10GB and Windows itself takes up about 5GB. So we are currently running
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stock VS 2008 with no service packs. (Even installing VS 2008 to a
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different drive doesn't leave enough room on C: to run the upgrader.)
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When installing on EC2, it seems their 2003 Server comes with a Visual
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Studio key already supplied. There is also the possibility of using Visual
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Studio Express Edition, but it is currently unable to compile TortoiseBzr.
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