Python 2.7.7 is giving Visual C++ issues when installing a package. I get the following error:
error: Setup script exited with error: command 'C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\
\Microsoft\\Visual C++ for Python\\9.0\\VC\\Bin\\cl.exe' failed with exit status
2*
Below is a transcript of the installation process just before the error occured:
Searching for python-axolotl-curve25519
Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/python-axolotl-curve25519/
Best match: python-axolotl-curve25519 0.1
Downloading https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/python-axolotl-curve25519/
python-axolotl-curve25519-0.1.tar.gz#md5=f28d902df9044f0bf86a35a4bd2ec092
Processing python-axolotl-curve25519-0.1.tar.gz
Writing c:\users\eg\appdata\local\temp\easy_install-l68mxp\python-axolotl-curve2
5519-0.1\setup.cfg
Running python-axolotl-curve25519-0.1\setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir c:\users\
eg\appdata\local\temp\easy_install-l68mxp\python-axolotl-curve25519-0.1\egg-dist
-tmp-hvxf2n
curve25519module.c
curve25519module.c(76) : error C2143: syntax error : missing ';' before 'type'
curve25519module.c(78) : error C2065: 'result' : undeclared identifier
curve25519module.c(82) : error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before '*'
curve25519module.c(100) : warning C4133: 'return' : incompatible types - from 'P
yObject *' to 'int *'
curve25519module.c(146) : warning C4133: 'initializing' : incompatible types - f
rom 'int *(__cdecl *)(PyObject *,PyObject *)' to 'PyCFunction'
**error: Setup script exited with error: command 'C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\
\Microsoft\\Visual C++ for Python\\9.0\\VC\\Bin\\cl.exe' failed with exit status
2**
I am new to this and have no idea what else to try. Would appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.
Came across this issue when installing pycocotools on windows 10. Python 2.7 does not support Visual C++ 14 that is required to compile C99 code. This is the reason for the compiling errors (C2065,C4133 etc).
I was able to solve this by,
More about Windows Compilers for Python here . Also check this post .
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