Build Python with Mingw and gcc

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Is it possible to build Python interpreter from source with Mingw and gcc on Windows 7? And I would like to biuld a 64bit version.

If a 64bit Python (gcc Mingw) version is available for download please let me know, I would use that also. At the end I still would like to compile it with gcc and mingw.

Download the sources, read the docs, and run the compiler with appropriate flags. This doesn't apply only to MinGW :) — StoryTeller - Unslander Monica
– StoryTeller - Unslander Monica, Commented Mar 12, 2013 at 15:31
@StoryTeller your name is aptly chosen. Python does not build out of the box with MinGW, let alone for Win64. — rubenvb
– rubenvb, Commented Mar 12, 2013 at 15:53

rubenvb · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-21 17:51:30Z

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First off, you do not need to build Python with MinGW-w64 to link to it and embed a interpreter. Just extract the msi installer, and use the prebuilt DLL. Note you'll have to be careful not to mix msvcr[t|90].dll objects, but I've never seen that be a real issue personally.

MinGW-w64 gcc/ld should be able to link to DLL's directly, otherwise you'll have to use gendef to create a .def file and dlltool to create an import library.

Secondly, there's a patchset to build Python with MinGW, but I'm not sure about its 64-bit compatibility.

edited Jul 21, 2017 at 17:51

answered Mar 12, 2013 at 15:56

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Theuns Heydenrych Over a year ago

Thank you for the reply. The reason for this, is I would like to compile Quantum-Gis for 64 bit with mingw and gcc. Quatum-Gis have capability for utilising plugins written in python or c++. For this I need Sip and PyQt4 in 64bit for Win7. I went through the gendef/nm process to create the libpython27.a file. I started to build Sip with Mingw and gcc and Python 2.7.3 all in 64bit, successfully, I also could test Sip in a python console. I successfully compiled PyQt4 and install it, but when testing it in a python console it just fails.

Theuns Heydenrych Over a year ago

I don't know how to debug this failure? Because of this failure I reasoned that maybe I need to compile Python 2.7.3 with mingw and gcc in 64bit. In your opinion, if I download pre-build 64 bit Sip and PyQt4 binaries that is build with MSVC, would I have problems later on with other python scripts/plugins written against these binaries?

rubenvb Over a year ago

@TheunsHeydenrych That I don't know. I would suggest asking the [email protected] mailing list, where a couple of people use Python with MinGW-w64. All I do is link gdb to Python, which works as I described ;-).

Terry Jan Reedy Over a year ago

Searching the tracker for 'mingw' returns about 50 open issues and 100 closed issues. Some of the recent open issues might be helpful.

Gauthier Boaglio Over a year ago

Personally, I used a mingw64 build that already includes a version of python 2.7.

cpq · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-21 08:06:37Z

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You may try this repository:

hg clone https://bitbucket.org/puqing/python-mingw

It is a copy of the official repository but contains some modification to make it compile with mingw. Enter PC/MinGW directory:

cd PC/MinGW && make

Not sure if it compiles in win64, but with win32 and msys it should work.

answered Aug 21, 2013 at 8:06

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