How to install h5py for python 3.6 on windows without Microsoft Visual c++ 14.0

Question

The python package index only has versions for python 2.4 to 2.7, as does the wheels on Gohlke's website . After installing cython from a wheel,

pip install h5py

gives the error: "Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required."

How can I install h5py for python 3.6 without Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0?

Answer 1

The listed versions on PyPI are versions of the h5py library, not prebuilt wheels for a version of CPython. If you need h5py for CPython 3.6, there is a suite of h5py-2.7.0rc2-cp36*.whl packages @ https://pypi.python.org/pypi/h5py/2.7.0rc2 . Pick your architecture and you should be all set.