From 80f6e8ef90897c4a1e10458f2d7d9860bdfb49c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Warner Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2017 14:10:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] expand on compile-on-windows instructions --- README.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0fe504c..6821817 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -88,8 +88,10 @@ package. On Windows, python2 may work better than python3. On older systems, `$ pip install --upgrade pip` may be necessary to get a version that can compile all -the dependencies. -Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 is required. Get it from http://aka.ms/vcpython27 +the dependencies. Most of the dependencies are published as binary wheels, +but in case your system is unable to find these, it will have to compile +them, for which Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 may be required. Get it from +http://aka.ms/vcpython27 . ## Motivation