title: unable to install graph-tool in windows 7
body: <p>I'd like to use <a href="http://projects.skewed.de/graph-tool/" rel="noreferrer">graph-tool</a> on windows 7, but I'm having trouble installing it.</p>
  
  <p>All the requirements listed <a href="http://projects.skewed.de/graph-tool/wiki/GraphToolDownload" rel="noreferrer">here</a> are successfully installed. Python 2.7 is installed in <code>C:\python27</code>. Boost 1.49.0 was successfully compiled with mingw, installed in <code>C:\boost</code> and the <code>BOOST_ROOT</code> environment variable is pointing to it. Boost is compiled in debug and release mode and both static and dynamic.</p>
  
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  <p>Invoking <code>configure</code> from within MSyS leads to the following error.</p>
  
  <pre><code>configure: error:
    Could not link test program to Python. Maybe the main Python library has been
    installed in some non-standard library path. If so, pass it to configure,
    via the LDFLAGS environment variable.
    Example: ./configure LDFLAGS="-L/usr/non-standard-path/python/lib"
    ============================================================================
     ERROR!
     You probably have to install the development version of the Python package
     for your distribution.  The exact name of this package varies among them.
    ============================================================================
  </code></pre>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p>Calling <code>configure LDFLAGS="-LC:/python27/libs"</code> fixed this error, but lead to the following error</p>
  
  <pre><code>checking for boostlib &gt;= 1.38.0... configure: error: We could not detect the boo
  st libraries (version 1.38 or higher). If you have a staged boost library (still
   not installed) please specify $BOOST_ROOT in your environment and do not give a
   PATH to --with-boost option.  If you are sure you have boost installed, then ch
  eck your version number looking in &lt;boost/version.hpp&gt;. See http://randspringer.
  de/boost for more documentation.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This is weird, since <code>BOOST_ROOT</code> is clearly defined (checked it with <code>printenv</code> command).</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p>The next command I tried was <code>configure --with-boost="C:/boost" LDFLAGS="-LC:/python27/libs"</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>checking for boostlib &gt;= 1.38.0... yes
  checking whether the Boost::Python library is available... no
  configure: error: No usable boost::python found
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Alright it detects boost, but It can't find boost::python. Due to its size I'm unable to post the <code>config.log</code> on stackoverflow but you can find it <a href="http://pastebin.com/ApSJgkyB" rel="noreferrer">here</a>.</p>
  
  <p>I'm really confused right now and would appreciate any help.</p>