Link to Python with MinGW

Question

I wan\'t want to create a cross-plattform programm that embedds the python interpreter, and compile it with MinGW. But the Python Binary distribution provides no libraries f

Answer 1

Try this...

1. Download gendef for your version of mingw (32 or 64 bit), and in msys shell...
2. Run gendef /c/windows/system32/python32.dll
3. Run dlltool -D python32.dll -d python32.def -l libpython32.a
4. Copy libpython32.a to your ./python32/libs directory.

If your libpython32.a file is 0 bytes, something went wrong. Double-check that you downloaded the correct version of gendef for your version of mingw/msys. If you're running a 64-bit build, you'll likely have to download the gendef binaries and compile yourself, but that's simple enough.

Hope that helps.