Can't install PyAudio on windows 10, python 3.9.5

Question

Trying to download PyAudio by pip install PyAudio but this isn't working. I'm using Python 3.9.5 also tried python -m pip install pyaudio but it didn't work. Anyone having the same error?? help me solve this error please...

see the code below for reference ↓

    Collecting PyAudio
      Using cached PyAudio-0.2.11.tar.gz (37 kB)
    Building wheels for collected packages: PyAudio
      Building wheel for PyAudio (setup.py) ... error
      ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
       command: 'c:\users\keepa\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\python.exe' -u
-c 'import io, os, sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\keepa\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-e979x4nc\\pyaudio_403fcffb6b004552a1d48ac0e0876dd8\\setup.py'"'"';
__file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\keepa\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-e979x4nc\\pyaudio_403fcffb6b004552a1d48ac0e0876dd8\\setup.py'"'"';f
= getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__) if os.path.exists(__file__) else io.StringIO('"'"'from setuptools import setup; setup()'"'"');code = f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' bdist_wheel -d 'C:\Users\keepa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-trp3euxd'
           cwd: C:\Users\keepa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-e979x4nc\pyaudio_403fcffb6b004552a1d48ac0e0876dd8\
      Complete output (9 lines):
      running bdist_wheel
      running build
      running build_py
      creating build
      creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.9
      copying src\pyaudio.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.9
      running build_ext
      building '_portaudio' extension
      error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required. Get it with "Microsoft C++ Build Tools": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/
      ----------------------------------------
      ERROR: Failed building wheel for PyAudio
      Running setup.py clean for PyAudio
    Failed to build PyAudio
    Installing collected packages: PyAudio
        Running setup.py install for PyAudio ... error
        ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
         command: 'c:\users\keepa\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\python.exe' -u
-c 'import io, os, sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\keepa\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-e979x4nc\\pyaudio_403fcffb6b004552a1d48ac0e0876dd8\\setup.py'"'"';
__file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\keepa\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-e979x4nc\\pyaudio_403fcffb6b004552a1d48ac0e0876dd8\\setup.py'"'"';f
= getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__) if os.path.exists(__file__) else io.StringIO('"'"'from setuptools import setup; setup()'"'"');code = f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\keepa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-isa75oeg\install-record.txt'
--single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'c:\users\keepa\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\Include\PyAudio'
             cwd: C:\Users\keepa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-e979x4nc\pyaudio_403fcffb6b004552a1d48ac0e0876dd8\
        Complete output (9 lines):
        running install
        running build
        running build_py
        creating build
        creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.9
        copying src\pyaudio.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.9
        running build_ext
        building '_portaudio' extension
        error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required. Get it with "Microsoft C++ Build Tools": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/
        ----------------------------------------
    ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: 'c:\users\keepa\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\python.exe' -u
-c 'import io, os, sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\keepa\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-e979x4nc\\pyaudio_403fcffb6b004552a1d48ac0e0876dd8\\setup.py'"'"';
__file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\keepa\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-e979x4nc\\pyaudio_403fcffb6b004552a1d48ac0e0876dd8\\setup.py'"'"';f
= getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__) if os.path.exists(__file__) else io.StringIO('"'"'from setuptools import setup; setup()'"'"');code = f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\keepa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-isa75oeg\install-record.txt'
--single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'c:\users\keepa\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\Include\PyAudio' Check the logs for full command output.

Answer 1

When running python 3.6 this works, but with python 3.7 it doesn't.

PyAudio only supports up to python 3.6:

pip will fetch and install PyAudio wheels (prepackaged binaries). Currently, there are wheels compatible with the official distributions of Python 2.7, 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6.

The workarounds would be to use a supported version of python, or to build and install manually - if the latter, you'll need to make sure you have the correct libraries installed and configured.

I should point out that PyAudio appears to be deprecated. It hasn't received an update since March 2017. Therefore I recommend you find another package for this.

Answer 2

Same problem due to the absence of Microsoft compiler that i didn't want to install on my PC. I used this website unofficial pre-compiled pyaudio wheel packages, it worked well. So download wheel files at this site: https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#pyaudio Of course, download the wheel version that is compatible with your python version.

use the command: pip install wheel_file_downloaded

Answer 3

pip install pipwin
python -m pipwin install pyaudio