'easy_install -u Cython' Fails Complaining About Vcvarsall.bat And -mno-cygwin

Under Windows, it seems that easy_install with a C dependency isn't very easy. Attempt 1 - vcvarsall.bat errors I am installing cython under Windows7, with MinGw; I modified Window

Solution 1:

After more some googling, I found guidance that recommended removing -mno-cygwin from C:\Python27\Lib\distutils\cygwinccompiler.py because of a distutils bug.

Removing -mno-cygwin from C:\Python27\Lib\distutils\cygwinccompiler.py got cython to compile.