Mailing List Archive: Is there a way to install 3.4.10, without Visual Studio?

Hi,

I'm downgrading, for one particular project, and am trying to install 3.4.10 32 bit

There's no Windows installer for this, so I installed 3.4, and then copied the contents of

https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.4.10/Python-3.4.10.tgz

into the c:\Python34 folder and subfolders.

The c:\Python34\PCBuild\Readme.txt file seems to indicate that I have to install Visual C++ 2010, in order to build this.

Is there an alternative to going this route? There is this package,

http://matejhorvat.si/en/windows/python/index.htm

, but I'm not sure how reliable it is.

Should I just use the most recent 3.4.x version that has a Windows Installer, and not worry about the final 3.4.10 version? Or is there a way to get to 3.4.10?

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On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 5:36 PM dcwh...@gmail.com <dcwhatthe@gmail.com> wrote:
> Should I just use the most recent 3.4.x version that has a Windows Installer, and not worry about the final 3.4.10 version? Or is there a way to get to 3.4.10?
>

I would STRONGLY recommend using a newer Python rather than pinning
yourself to the 3.4.x branch. But if you absolutely must use a
now-ancient version, your only options are to build it yourself (which
requires Visual Studio as you have discovered) or to use a slightly
older release. It's entirely up to you whether the changes in 3.4.10
are significant enough to build Python manually. Either way, you're
basically on your own.

If you really really have to use such an old Python, maybe consider
using Linux instead of Windows; building from source is generally
easier, and you may even be able to find a distribution that packages
Python 3.4 for you (Red Hat and Debian being the best contenders
here).

ChrisA
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