'Error: command 'gcc' failed: No such file or directory

I'm trying to run a

python setup.py build --compiler=mingw32

but it results in the error mentioned in the subject:

error: command 'gcc' failed: No such file or directory

but I am capable of running gcc from command prompt (i have added it to my PATH env var):

>gcc
gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated

I'm running on Windows 7 64-bit. Python27. Specific source I'm trying to build:

Previous Post on this issue.

Any help/advice/solutions will be greatly appreciated.

Solution 1:^[1]

You need to install it first by using the following command

sudo apt-get install gcc

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