django - How to get python-dev for windows?

Question

We are trying to install PIL and getting the error

error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

Many similar questions, including this one (installing Reportlab (error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1 )), suggest installing the python-dev package.

Where can this be sourced for Windows 7. pip install python-dev didn't work.

Answer 1

It seems there is no python-dev package for Windows. But the Python installer for Windows will normally install a sub directory include inside the main Python dir.

So with Python in C:Python you would get:

• C:Python
• C:PythonDLLs
• C:PythonDoc
• C:Pythoninclude
• C:PythonLib
• C:Pythonlibs
• C:PythonScripts
• C:Pythoncl
• C:PythonTools

Inside this include directory you will find Python.h, which can be included or referenced.