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Asked: 2026-05-24T04:13:32+00:00

When doing easy_install ssl I get following error: C:\Windows\system32>easy_install ssl Searching for ssl Reading

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When doing easy_install ssl I get following error:

C:\Windows\system32>easy_install ssl
Searching for ssl
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/ssl/
Reading http://docs.python.org/dev/library/ssl.html
Best match: ssl 1.15
Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/ssl/ssl-1.15.tar.gz#md5=81ea8a1175e437b4c769ae65b3290e0c
Processing ssl-1.15.tar.gz
Running ssl-1.15\setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir c:\users\fipethor\appdata\local\temp\easy_install-v2d68a\ssl-1.15\egg-dist-tmp-klfhbm

error: Setup script exited with error: Python was built with Visual Studio 2003;
extensions must be built with a compiler than can generate compatible binaries.
Visual Studio 2003 was not found on this system. If you have Cygwin installed,
you can try compiling with MingW32, by passing "-c mingw32" to setup.py.
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  1. Editorial Team

    1. Visit: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435

    2. Download & Run: Automated MinGW Installer (make sure you check the base, g++ and Make)

    3. Update your PATH: Add the C:\mingw\bin directory to the system PATH

    4. Create (or edit): C:\Python25\Lib\distutils\distutils.cfg and add the following 2 lines:

      [build]

      compiler=mingw32

    Found here:

    http://old.nabble.com/Installing-PyXML-problems-td12405796.html

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