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1. Download the latest MSI for x86 or x86_64 from the Python download page.
2. Install the 7Zip distro package.
3. Use 7Zip to extract the MSI contents, and then extract the contents of the 'python' file. For example, for x86:
      $ 7z e ../python-2.7.6.msi python && 7z e python *.h python*.dll
4. Copy the python DLL and header files somewhere into a single convenient directory so they may be referenced during the build. Don't create a separate 'include' directory.

Build the simulation module

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