通过 pip 安装 distorm3 会导致 Windows SDK 构建错误

Question

I'm getting an error that the right Windows SDK version is not installed on my machine when attempting to pip install the distorm3 package. I could install the SDK, but I want to know what is causing this as I guess it is not normal.

I am using pip 19.3.1 (python2.7.17 x64)

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Collecting distorm3
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/2c/e3/84a3a99904c368daa1de5e85a6e9cc07189e7f66cb1338a9ebf93fa051bd/distorm3-3.4.1.tar.gz
Installing collected packages: distorm3
    Running setup.py install for distorm3 ... error
    ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: 'c:\python27\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'c:\\users\\dunaa\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-install-ykfjni\\distorm3\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'c:\\users\\dunaa\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-install-ykfjni\\distorm3\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'c:\users\dunaa\appdata\local\temp\pip-record-vvm9pv\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile
         cwd: c:\users\dunaa\appdata\local\temp\pip-install-ykfjni\distorm3\
    Complete output (42 lines):
    running install
    running build
    running custom_build
    Compiling with VS100COMNTOOLS: msbuild /p:Configuration=dll /p:Platform=win32 make/win32/distorm.sln
    Setting environment for using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 x86 tools.
    ERROR: Cannot determine the location of the VS Common Tools folder.
    'msbuild' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
    operable program or batch file.
    compilation with VS100COMNTOOLS failed
    searching for vcvarsall.bat
    Compiling with C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat
    **********************************************************************
    ** Visual Studio 2019 Developer Command Prompt v16.4.2
    ** Copyright (c) 2019 Microsoft Corporation
    **********************************************************************
    [vcvarsall.bat] Environment initialized for: 'x86'
    Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 16.4.0+e901037fe for .NET Framework
    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "-m" switch.
    Build started 1/14/2020 9:45:54 AM.
    Project "c:\Users\dunaa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-ykfjni\distorm3\make\win32\distorm.sln" on node 1 (default targets).
    ValidateSolutionConfiguration:
      Building solution configuration "dll|win32".
    Project "c:\Users\dunaa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-ykfjni\distorm3\make\win32\distorm.sln" (1) is building "c:\Users\dunaa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-ykfjni\distorm3\make\win32\cdistorm.vcxproj" (2) on node 1 (default targets).
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.Cpp.WindowsSDK.targets(46,5): error MSB8036: The Windows SDK version 10.0.17134.0 was not found. Install the required version of Windows SDK or change the SDK version in the project property pages or by right-clicking the solution and selecting "Retarget solution". [c:\Users\dunaa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-ykfjni\distorm3\make\win32\cdistorm.vcxproj]
    Done Building Project "c:\Users\dunaa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-ykfjni\distorm3\make\win32\cdistorm.vcxproj" (default targets) -- FAILED.
    Done Building Project "c:\Users\dunaa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-ykfjni\distorm3\make\win32\distorm.sln" (default targets) -- FAILED.

    Build FAILED.

    "c:\Users\dunaa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-ykfjni\distorm3\make\win32\distorm.sln" (default target) (1) ->
    "c:\Users\dunaa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-ykfjni\distorm3\make\win32\cdistorm.vcxproj" (default target) (2) ->
    (_CheckWindowsSDKInstalled target) ->
      C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\MSBuild\Microsoft\VC\v160\Microsoft.Cpp.WindowsSDK.targets(46,5): error MSB8036: The Windows SDK version 10.0.17134.0 was not found. Install the required version of Windows SDK or change the SDK version in the project property pages or by right-clicking the solution and selecting "Retarget solution". [c:\Users\dunaa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-ykfjni\distorm3\make\win32\cdistorm.vcxproj]

        0 Warning(s)
        1 Error(s)

    Time Elapsed 00:00:00.25
    compilation failed
    error: Failed to compile "make/win32/distorm.sln" with any available compiler
    ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: 'c:\python27\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'c:\\users\\dunaa\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-install-ykfjni\\distorm3\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'c:\\users\\dunaa\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-install-ykfjni\\distorm3\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'c:\users\dunaa\appdata\local\temp\pip-record-vvm9pv\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile Check the logs for full command output.

Answer 1

Distorm3 apparently has binary wheels available only for Python 3.6 on Win32 .

For other platforms and Python versions, it will need to build the binary components upon installation. Since you don't have the necessary SDK, that's what's failing right now.