A multitude of problems trying to install Python bcrypt on Windows (x64)

Question

This problem has been mentioned elsewhere, but it does not provide a working solution, so I would still like to keep a ticket open.

c:\Users\me\Desktop\temp\py-bcrypt-0.2>setup.py install build --compiler=min
gw32
running install
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
building 'bcrypt._bcrypt' extension
C:\MinGW\bin\gcc.exe -mno-cygwin -mdll -O -Wall -IC:\Python27\include -IC:\Python27\PC -c bcrypt/bcrypt_python.c -o build\temp.win32-2.7\Release\bcrypt\bcrypt_python.o
bcrypt/bcrypt_python.c:29:26: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before 'u_int8_t'
bcrypt/bcrypt_python.c:29:38: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before 'u_int16_t'
bcrypt/bcrypt_python.c:29:49: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before 'u_int8_t'
bcrypt/bcrypt_python.c: In function 'bcrypt_encode_salt':
bcrypt/bcrypt_python.c:56:2: error: too many arguments to function 'encode_salt'

bcrypt/bcrypt_python.c:29:6: note: declared here
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

This is after getting rid of the initial “error: Setup script exited with error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat”, I am left with what seems like a Gordic knot. pip and easy-install do not work. I have also read a number of other articles.

I don’t need to implement bcrypt at the moment, so it is not an urgent matter, but obviously, implementing a secure password protection is vital.

Answer 1

The simplest way I found was to download and install windows binaries, rather than trying to compile myself. This guy has some on bitbucket