[Django]-How to get python-dev for windows?

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It seems there is no python-dev package for Windows. But the Python installer for Windows will normally install a sub directory include inside the main Python dir.

So with Python in C:\Python you would get:

  • C:\Python
  • C:\Python\DLLs
  • C:\Python\Doc
  • C:\Python\include
  • C:\Python\Lib
  • C:\Python\libs
  • C:\Python\Scripts
  • C:\Python\tcl
  • C:\Python\Tools

Inside this include directory you will find Python.h, which can be included or referenced.

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When I used to develop on Windows, this website with pre-compiled binaries was extremely handy: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/

You’ll find pre-compiled versions of PIL and ReportLab there. Hope that helps you out.

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The easiest way to get a complete working setup on Windows, including ming compiler, is to install a distribution such as pythonxy (my favorite) or EDP.

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