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  1. install zbar on windows with include and library files

  2. make sure mingw installed and bin directory added to the path

  3. in PYTHONPATH\Lib\distutils, create a file distutils.cfg and add two lines:

    [build]

    compiler=mingw32

  4. get dll lib and include file from ftp://sourceware.org/pub/pthreads-win32/dll-latest copy files to PATH_MINGW32/[lib,bin,include] separately, just need file name like pthreadGC2 and remember to chang the name to libpthread

  5. change or add lines in setup.py:

    extra_compile_args=['-std=c99', '-IPATH_TO\ZBar\include', '-lPATH_TO\ZBar\lib'],

    extra_link_args=["PATH_TO\ZBar\lib\libzbar.dll.a"],

    remove line libraries=['zbar'],

  6. run python setup.py install

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