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| author | Alex Stapleton <alexs@prol.etari.at> | 2014-05-20 16:40:04 +0100 |
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| committer | Alex Stapleton <alexs@prol.etari.at> | 2014-05-20 16:40:04 +0100 |
| commit | b9811db47e4ed03b810343f0179ee732a40a5912 (patch) | |
| tree | 2b2a3e0263516c10919809dfb6443b529d4324b8 | |
| parent | b8c6b4f5dda432b55e707c1903cbb4aaeef0c498 (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #1065 from reaperhulk/more-info-for-windows-problems
Update Windows docs to help users select proper architecture
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diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index d06c1d0e..4e8efc1d 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -24,7 +24,23 @@ This error looks something like: cffi.ffiplatform.VerificationError: importing '<some_path>.pyd': DLL load failed: It typically occurs on Windows when you have not installed OpenSSL. Download -a `pre-compiled binary`_ to resolve this issue. +a `pre-compiled binary`_ to resolve the issue. To select the right architecture +(32-bit or 64-bit) open a command prompt and start your Python interpreter. + +If it is 32-bit it will say ``32 bit`` as well as ``Intel`` in the output: + +.. code-block:: console + + Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 + +If it is 64-bit you will see ``64 bit`` as well as ``AMD64``: + +.. code-block:: console + + Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:24) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 + +Note that for both 32-bit and 64-bit it will say ``win32``, but other data +in the string may vary based on your version of Python. .. _`NaCl`: http://nacl.cr.yp.to/ .. _`PyNaCl`: https://pynacl.readthedocs.org |