Install Python Fabric on Windows [closed]

Answer 1

Solution using Cygwin:

• Install Cygwin
• Select packages: Python, Gcc, Wget and Openssh
• In Cygwin run: python --version to verify your Python version
• From http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools download the .egg version of setuptools (NOT the Windows .exe), for your version of Python.
• In Cygwin run: sh setuptools-*.egg to install the downloaded setuptools package
• In Cygwin run: easy_install pip (I just like Pip, I think you could the next step with easy_install as well)
• In Cygwin run: pip install fabric
• And now comes the crucial part: if the above step fails with some "could not remap xxx.dll" error, on the install of the Python ssh package then:
• Exit Cygwin
• Start a cmd.exe an in it run: c:\cygwin_path\bin\ash.exe
• In the ash shell run: /bin/rebaseall
• In Cygwin retry: pip install fabric, it should succeed now :)

Answer 2

fabric installs just fine on Windows, but you will need to either:

1. have a compiler installed to build the pycrypto dependency during setup.If you don't have one already, install MinGW or you can use the free version of MSVC.
2. install pre-built Windows binaries for pyCrypto here.

I install it in a virtualenv like so:

virtualenv fabenv
fabenv\Scripts\activate.bat
pip install fabric

Another Tip: When you have it up and running you can use pageant to load your ssh keys and avoiding using password-based authentication