Modified Answer
You now have a fully functional MinGW GCC compiler, including header files.
io.h should be in C:\MinGW\include .
UPDATE
I successfully compiled it now using Python 2.7.11 (under Wine, since I do not start Windows, but it should be the same), following the procedure described in your question.
One thing I had to do was change the setup.py parts in pypcap because it did not set the correct paths for pcap include.
Let me know if / when you get there.
Hope this helps.
CHANGES TO setup.py
Replace the _pcap_config function with this modified version:
def _pcap_config(self, dirs=[ None ]): cfg = {} if not dirs[0]: dirs = [ '/usr', sys.prefix ] + glob.glob('/opt/libpcap*') + \ glob.glob('../libpcap*') + glob.glob('../wpdpack*') for d in dirs: for sd in ('include/pcap', 'include', ''): if os.path.exists(os.path.join(d, sd, 'pcap.h')): cfg.setdefault('include_dirs', []).append(os.path.join(d, sd)) for d in dirs: for sd in ('include/pcap', 'include', ''): for sd in ('lib', 'lib64', ''): for lib in (('pcap', 'libpcap.a'), ('pcap', 'libpcap.so'), ('pcap', 'libpcap.dylib'), ('wpcap', 'wpcap.lib')): if os.path.exists(os.path.join(d, sd, lib[1])): cfg['library_dirs'] = [ os.path.join(d, sd) ] cfg['libraries'] = [ lib[0] ] if lib[0] == 'wpcap': cfg['libraries'].append('iphlpapi') cfg['extra_compile_args'] = \ [ '-DWIN32', '-DWPCAP' ] print 'found', cfg self._write_config_h(cfg) return cfg raise Exception("couldn't find pcap build or installation directory")
Basically this just adds ALL paths containing pcap.h for inclusions.
ASSY
Z:\pypcap-master>mingw32-make python setup.py config --with-pcap=c:\\wpdpack running config found {'libraries': ['wpcap', 'iphlpapi'], 'library_dirs': ['c:\\wpdpack\\lib'], 'extra_compile_args': ['-DWIN32', '-DWPCAP'], 'include_dirs': ['c:\\wpdpack\\include/pcap', 'c:\\wpdpack\\include']} python setup.py build running build running build_ext building 'pcap' extension creating build creating build\temp.win32-2.7 creating build\temp.win32-2.7\Release C:\MinGW\bin\gcc.exe -mdll -O -Wall -Ic:\wpdpack\include/pcap -Ic:\wpdpack\include -IC:\Python27\include -IC:\Python27\PC -c pcap.c -o build\temp.win32-2.7\Release\pcap.o -DWIN32 -DWPCAP pcap.c: In function '__pyx_f_4pcap_3bpf_filter': pcap.c:328:48: warning: passing argument 2 of 'PyObject_AsCharBuffer' from incompatible pointer type __pyx_1 = (PyObject_AsCharBuffer(__pyx_v_buf,(&__pyx_v_p),(&__pyx_v_n)) < 0); ^ In file included from C:\Python27\include/Python.h:133:0, from pcap.c:4: C:\Python27\include/abstract.h:476:22: note: expected 'const char **' but argument is of type 'char **' PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_AsCharBuffer(PyObject *obj, ^ pcap.c:337:86: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 2 of 'bpf_filter' differ in signedness [-Wpointer-sign] __pyx_1 = (bpf_filter(((struct __pyx_obj_4pcap_bpf *)__pyx_v_self)->fcode.bf_insns,__pyx_v_p,__pyx_v_n,__pyx_v_n) == 0); ^ In file included from pcap.c:30:0: c:\wpdpack\include/pcap/pcap.h:354:7: note: expected 'const u_char *' but argument is of type 'char *' u_int bpf_filter(const struct bpf_insn *, const u_char *, u_int, u_int); ^ pcap.c: In function '__pyx_f_4pcap_4pcap_dispatch': pcap.c:955:91: warning: passing argument 3 of 'pcap_dispatch' from incompatible pointer type __pyx_v_n = pcap_dispatch(((struct __pyx_obj_4pcap_pcap *)__pyx_v_self)->__pcap,__pyx_1,__pyx_f_4pcap___pcap_handler,((unsigned char *)(&__pyx_v_ctx))); ^ In file included from pcap.c:30:0: c:\wpdpack\include/pcap/pcap.h:300:5: note: expected 'pcap_handler' but argument is of type 'void (*)(void *, struct pcap_pkthdr *, char *)' int pcap_dispatch(pcap_t *, int, pcap_handler, u_char *); ^ pcap.c: In function '__pyx_f_4pcap_4pcap_loop': pcap.c:1059:99: warning: passing argument 3 of 'pcap_ex_next' from incompatible pointer type __pyx_v_n = pcap_ex_next(((struct __pyx_obj_4pcap_pcap *)__pyx_v_self)->__pcap,(&__pyx_v_hdr),(&__pyx_v_pkt)); ^ In file included from pcap.c:31:0: pcap_ex.h:13:7: note: expected 'u_char **' but argument is of type 'char **' int pcap_ex_next(pcap_t *pcap, struct pcap_pkthdr **hdr, u_char **pkt); ^ pcap.c: In function '__pyx_f_4pcap_4pcap_sendpacket': pcap.c:1154:98: warning: pointer targets in passing argument 2 of 'pcap_sendpacket' differ in signedness [-Wpointer-sign] __pyx_3 = PyInt_FromLong(pcap_sendpacket(((struct __pyx_obj_4pcap_pcap *)__pyx_v_self)->__pcap,__pyx_1,__pyx_2)); if (!__pyx_3) {__pyx_filename = __pyx_f[0]; __pyx_lineno = 337; goto __pyx_L1;} ^ In file included from pcap.c:30:0: c:\wpdpack\include/pcap/pcap.h:311:5: note: expected 'const u_char *' but argument is of type 'char *' int pcap_sendpacket(pcap_t *, const u_char *, int); ^ pcap.c: In function '__pyx_f_4pcap_4pcap___next__': pcap.c:1312:99: warning: passing argument 3 of 'pcap_ex_next' from incompatible pointer type __pyx_v_n = pcap_ex_next(((struct __pyx_obj_4pcap_pcap *)__pyx_v_self)->__pcap,(&__pyx_v_hdr),(&__pyx_v_pkt)); ^ In file included from pcap.c:31:0: pcap_ex.h:13:7: note: expected 'u_char **' but argument is of type 'char **' int pcap_ex_next(pcap_t *pcap, struct pcap_pkthdr **hdr, u_char **pkt); ^ C:\MinGW\bin\gcc.exe -mdll -O -Wall -Ic:\wpdpack\include/pcap -Ic:\wpdpack\include -IC:\Python27\include -IC:\Python27\PC -c pcap_ex.c -o build\temp.win32-2.7\Release\pcap_ex.o -DWIN32 -DWPCAP pcap_ex.c: In function 'pcap_ex_next': pcap_ex.c:237:34: warning: passing argument 3 of 'pcap_next_ex' from incompatible pointer type return (pcap_next_ex(pcap, hdr, pkt)); ^ In file included from pcap_ex.c:16:0: c:\wpdpack\include/pcap/pcap.h:303:6: note: expected 'const u_char **' but argument is of type 'u_char **' int pcap_next_ex(pcap_t *, struct pcap_pkthdr **, const u_char **); ^ writing build\temp.win32-2.7\Release\pcap.def creating build\lib.win32-2.7 C:\MinGW\bin\gcc.exe -shared -s build\temp.win32-2.7\Release\pcap.o build\temp.win32-2.7\Release\pcap_ex.o build\temp.win32-2.7\Release\pcap.def -Lc:\wpdpack\lib -LC:\Python27\libs -LC:\Python27\PCbuild -LC:\Python27\PC\VS9.0 -lwpcap -liphlpapi -lpython27 -lmsvcr90 -o build\lib.win32-2.7\pcap.pyd Z:\pypcap-master>
LINKING
With MinGW (32-bit), you will need a 32-bit Python installation. With 64-bit Python, you need to install MinGW (64-bit) .
So you can install 32-bit Python or install 64-bit MinGW.
We are close now, you will do it :-)