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@@ -239,24 +239,27 @@ To set up a build environment for binary extensions, the steps are as follows:
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For Python 2.7
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1. Install "Visual C++ Compiler Package for Python 2.7",
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which is available from Microsoft's website.
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which is available from
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`Microsoft's website <https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=44266>`__.
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2. Use (a recent version of) setuptools in your setup.py (pip will
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do this for you, in any case).
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3. Done.
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For Python 3.4
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1. Install "Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4" (v7.1),
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which is available from Microsoft's website.
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which is available from
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`Microsoft's website <https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=8279>`__.
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2. Work from an SDK command prompt (with the environment variables
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set, and the SDK on PATH).
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3. Set DISTUTILS_USE_SDK=1
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4. Done.
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For Python 3.5
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1. Install Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition (or any later
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version, when these are released).
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1. Install `Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition
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<https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs.aspx>`__
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(or any later version, when these are released).
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2. Done.
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Note that from Python 3.5 onwards, Visual Studio works in a backward

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