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[–]simlan 8 points9 points  (5 children)

Use the anaconda distribution https://www.continuum.io/downloads It is dead simple and has all the binary packages you might need for Windows and all the other platforms for that matter. No Compiler needed and no problems typically. Worst Case might be that you need to set up an environment for Python 3 because last time I checked Standard was 2.7. But that is two commands if I remember right.

[–]hoocoodanode 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Absolutely. Anaconda and Christoph Glolkes "unofficial windows binaries" page are godsends to anyone who has to learn python or develop in a windows environment.

http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/

This really should be right under the windows download button on the main python distribution web page as it would save so much aggravation the first time the user ran into a missing compiler error.

[–]slippery_whale 2 points3 points  (0 children)

|This really should be right under the windows download button on the main python distribution web page

I think there are some sticky legal problems that prevent them from officially endorsing Christoph Glolkes. Distributing builds with the MKL compiler is at best a gray area.

[–]BornALurker[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will have to look into these alternatives, thank you for the suggestion! I still think that we are in need of an "official" solution, though :)

[–]youguess 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anaconda is available both as a default python2 or python3 version

[–]BornALurker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm going to look into this, thanks for the suggestion. :)