Windows Setuptools Build Instructions ====================================== 1. Install gtk+ bundle from gtk.org (to C:\GTK for example) 2. Install Python2.6 3. Install pycairo (python cairo bindings) 4. Install MinGW and MSYS 5. Add C:\GTK\bin to path (from windows) 6. Add the following to your msys environment variables (open and append to C:\msys\1.0\etc\profile) or set for the session $ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/c/GTK/lib/pkgconfig:/c/Python26/Lib/pkgconfig $ export PATH=$PATH:/c/Python26:/c/Python26/bin 7. In msys shell, build with $ python setup.py build --compiler=mingw32 --enable-threading \ --yes-i-know-its-not-supported bdist_wininst Tested with * gtk+-bundle_2.20.0-20100406_win32.zip * MinGW-5.16.exe * MSYS-1.0.11.exe * python-2.6.5.exe * pycairo-1.8.6.win32-py2.6.exe