尝试安装用 c 编写的软件包需要 Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0

Question

Hi I am trying to install the package 'pyfolio' but I get the error indicating:

 Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required. Get it with "Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools"

but I have already installed visual c++ redist packages but it still does not work. I found out that the error occurs while installing package bottleneck so I thought to read the documentation on installing bottleneck, it was written in c and so I installed MinGW but could not be able to set ming as the compiler I also installed cython. I am on a windows machine. is there any other alternative to applying here?

Answer 1

Many people suggest going to the Microsoft link and downloading the entire package to build and compile things. But I like using choco for things because it's more straightforward. Basically this is an option if you are Linux user and stuck on windows.

I recommend making a virtual environment incase of mistakes and other fun issues.

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/Script/Activate # works with git bash
pip install --upgrade setuptools
choco install visualcppbuildtools

Answer 2

You don't have any Visual C++, you only have Redistributable packages. They install run-time libraries that are used to run applications written with VC. But you need Visual C++ compiler! Install Build Tools .

See https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bpip%5D+Microsoft+Visual+C%2B%2B+14.0+is+required