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hguser
hguser

Reputation: 36028

Using protocol buffer in Windows

I am trying to use google protocol buffer in windows with python binding, however I meet some problem during the install step.

Follow the instruction, I have to compile the PB myself using vs, but I have no vs installed on my machine, then I found a window binary at the download page.

Also I download the full source code package, then I put the protoc-2.5.0-win32.zip\protoc.exe to C:\windows\system32.

Then I go to the protobuf-2.5.0.zip\python and run the python setup.py install to install the python binding.

However I get the error like this: enter image description here

And when I check the directory, the file google\protobuf\compiler does not exist.

What's the problem?

Is it possible to use it without compiling?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1426

Answers (3)

Down the Stream
Down the Stream

Reputation: 697

C:\Users\dev3\protobufcode\protobuf-master\python
$ python setup.py build
$ python setup.py install

C:\Users\dev3\protobufcode
$ python --version
Python 3.6.5
$ python -i build\gen\addressbook_pb2.py
>>> import addressbook_pb2
>>> Person = addressbook_pb2.Person()
>>> person = addressbook_pb2.Person()
>>> person.id = 1234
>>> person.name = "Go Fish"
>>> person.email = "[email protected]"
>>> phone = person.phones.add()
>>> phone.number = "111-2222"
>>> phone.type = addressbook_pb2.Person.HOME
>>> person
name: "Go Fish"
id: 1234
email: "[email protected]"
phones {
  number: "111-2222"
  type: HOME
}

>>>

Upvotes: 0

Yitshak Yarom
Yitshak Yarom

Reputation: 84

Before this package can be installed on windows you need to download the compiler (protoc.exe) and put it in the environment execution path.

After this step is done you can run:

python setup.py build

python setup.py install

~yy

Upvotes: 2

AFoglia
AFoglia

Reputation: 8128

I was just suffering from the same problem. The solution is to explicitly do the build step before.

python setup.py build
python setup.py install

That worked for me.

Upvotes: 2

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