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This page will describe a build setup to build Pillow against the
supported python versions in 32 and 64 bit modes, using freely
availble Microsoft compilers. This has been developed and tested
against a bare Windows Server 2012 64bit RTM version on Amazon EC2.
against 64bit Windows 7 Professional and a bare Windows Server 2012
64bit RTM version on Amazon EC2.
Prerequsites
------------
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Extra Build Helpers
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
* Google Chrome (optional - for sanity)
* GPG (for checking signatures) (UNDONE -- python signature checking)
* Powershell (available by default on Windows Server)
* Github client (provides git+bash shell)
Optional:
* GPG (for checking signatures) (UNDONE -- python signature checking)
Pythons
^^^^^^^
Download and install Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4, both 32 and
64 bit versions. There is a python script that will download the
installers in `winbuild/get_pythons.py`. It requires python to run, so
download and install one of them first.
The build routines expect Python to be installed at C:\PythonXX for 32
bit versions or C:\PythonXXx64 for the 64 bit versions.
::
Download Python 3.4.0, install it, and add it to the path. This is the
Python that we will use to bootstrap the build process. (The download
routines are using 3.2+ features, and installing 3.4 gives us pip and
virtualenv as well, reducing the number of packages that we need to
install.)
for version in ['2.6.5', '2.7.6', '3.2.5', '3.3.5', '3.4.0']:
for platform in ['', '.amd64']:
for extension in ['','.asc']:
fetch('https://www.python.org/ftp/python/%s/python-%s%s.msi%s' %(
version, version, platform, extension))
Download the rest of the pythons by opening a command window, changing
to the `winbuild` directory, and running `python
get_pythons.py`.
UNDONE -- gpg verify the signatures (note that we can download from https)
UNDONE -- gpg verify the signatures (note that we can download from
https)
We also need virtualenv and setuptools in at least one of the pythons
to build testing versions.
Run each installer and set the proper path to the installation. Don't
set any of them as the default python, or add them to the path.
Python 3.4 comes with pip. That makes it an ideal python to install
first.
Compilers
^^^^^^^^^
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Dependencies
------------
Run `winbuild/build_dep.cmd` in a command window. There are times when
the output clears the terminal, so it's best to run it in the
Powershell IDE, which has a more powerful terminal than the standard
Powershell window.
The script 'build_dep.py' downloads and builds the dependencies. Open
a command window, change directory into `winbuild` and run `python
build_dep.py`.
This will download libjpeg, libtiff, libz, and freetype. It will then
compile 32 and 64 bit versions of the libraries, with both versions of
the compilers.
UNDONE -- lcms fails.
UNDONE -- webp not included yet.
UNDONE -- webp, jpeg2k not recognized
Testing Builds
Building Pillow
---------------
Once the dependencies are built, run `python build.py --clean` to
build and install Pillow in virtualenvs for each python
build. `build.py --dist` will build windows installers instead of
installing into virtualenvs.
UNDONE -- suppressed output, what about failures.
Testing Pillow
--------------
Use the script UNDONE to build, install, selftest, and test Pillow in
virtualenvs for each Python that is installed.
Build and install Pillow, then run `python test.py` from the
`winbuild` directory.
Installer Builds
----------------
Run `winbuild/build.cmd` in a powershell terminal to build Pillow
installers against each of the Pythons.