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

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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:\Python\DLLs
• C:\Python\Doc
• C:\Python\include
• C:\Python\Lib
• C:\Python\libs
• C:\Python\Scripts
• C:\Python\tcl
• C:\Python\Tools

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