[cairo] PyCairo SVG/PDF support on Windows?

Dominic Lachowicz domlachowicz at gmail.com
Tue Jul 4 16:51:56 PDT 2006


Hi Michael,

I don't know what libraries svgconvert.py requires, but for SVG->XXX,
I recommend librsvg and a recent version of cairo. You can get
pre-built win32 packages of both here:

http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/downloads.html

Best,
Dom

On 7/4/06, Michael Knopf <michael.knopf at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been looking for a python based possibility to load svg data and render
> it to bitmap (png) and pdf files at the same time. I ended up with Cairo and
> already got it working so far on my linux box. But it does not work on
> Windows, neither works the example code " svgconvert.py". The submodule svg
> is missing. The readme says that it is only aviable if certain libs are
> installed. It seems like libs for SVG support and PDF are missing.
>
> Could I get a list of what I need to install on my windows machine to get
> svg->png and svg->pdf to work? Are there binaries or do I need to compile it
> myself (never have done that on Windows before).
>
> - Michael
>
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