Error while installing lxml through pip: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required
Question:
I am on a windows 10 machine and recently moved from python 2.7 to 3.5. When trying to install lxml through pip, it stops and throws this error message-
building ‘lxml.etree’ extension
error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required. Get it with “Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools”: http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools
I have a working copy of VS 2015 installed. When I try to install the visual cpp tools through that link, it says that Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 is already installed on the machine. I also tried installing visual studio c++ 2015 redistributables, both 64 and 32 bit versions, but both of them say that there’s another version of the product already installed.
typing set in the command prompt includes this –
VS140COMNTOOLS=C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0Common7Tools
Which means that the path is set.
This is probably the only resource I could find on SO, but the answer suggests rolling back to Python 3.4.3 from 3.5. Has anybody resolved problems of this kind?
Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required (Unable to find vcvarsall.bat)
EDIT: I managed to install it using the precompiled binary (Thanks Paul), but I would still like to know what’s causing this.
Answers:
- Run
pip install wheel
- Download lxml from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#lxml, if your python version is 3.5 , download
lxml-3.6.4-cp35-cp35m-win32.whl.
- Run
python -m pip install lxml-3.6.4-cp35-cp35m-win32.whl
Have you checked that when you installed Visual Studio, you installed the C++ compiler? It seems like a silly question, but this is the mistake I made. Check by going into the setup for visual studio (Programs and features: Modify “Visual Studio 2015”), then under Programming Languages->VC++, make sure it’s ticked.
Had the same problem and noticed that I had installed the 32bit version in a 64bit machine. All I did was uninstall the wrong one and install the right version and it worked fine.
I’ve found another solution to get through this:
Because I use anaconda python, so I use this code:
conda install -c conda-forge scrapy
First:
pip install wheel
Second： go to http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#lxml
and download proper wheel.
pip install the file you downloaded (.whl).
I have same question with you! I found a way no need install vs2015,maybe,you just haven’t install twisted.http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#twisted .download twisted –version（Twisted‑17.5.0‑cp36‑cp36m‑win_amd64.whl）(maybe win_amd32.whl if 64didn’t work)，and run : pip PATH + filename
pip install C:UsersCRDownloadsTwisted-17.5.0-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl
pip install Scrapy
I just install successful! good luck for you!
my step to insatll scrapy:
1.pip install wheel
2.pip install lxml
3.pip install pyOpenSSL
4.pip install Twisted (fault->do like above)
5.install pywin32 form : https://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/Build%20220/
6.pip Scrapy (succesful)
As an update to the answer from @davidsheldon above, if you want to use Visual Studio Build Tools 2017 instead of 2015, it will work.
I found that the default install of the build tools stand alone was not enough, however, I added `VC++ 2015.3 … toolset for desktop (x86,x64) and then python was happy:
Easiest way to achieve this, can be automated as it doesn’t require user input:
python -m pip install https://download.lfd.uci.edu/pythonlibs/archived/lxml-4.9.0-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl
This will install the 64-bit version on your machine.
I am on a windows 10 machine and recently moved from python 2.7 to 3.5. When trying to install lxml through pip, it stops and throws this error message-
building ‘lxml.etree’ extension
error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required. Get it with “Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools”: http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools
I have a working copy of VS 2015 installed. When I try to install the visual cpp tools through that link, it says that Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 is already installed on the machine. I also tried installing visual studio c++ 2015 redistributables, both 64 and 32 bit versions, but both of them say that there’s another version of the product already installed.
typing set in the command prompt includes this –
VS140COMNTOOLS=C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0Common7Tools
Which means that the path is set.
This is probably the only resource I could find on SO, but the answer suggests rolling back to Python 3.4.3 from 3.5. Has anybody resolved problems of this kind?
Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required (Unable to find vcvarsall.bat)
EDIT: I managed to install it using the precompiled binary (Thanks Paul), but I would still like to know what’s causing this.
- Run
pip install wheel - Download lxml from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#lxml, if your python version is 3.5 , download
lxml-3.6.4-cp35-cp35m-win32.whl. - Run
python -m pip install lxml-3.6.4-cp35-cp35m-win32.whl
Have you checked that when you installed Visual Studio, you installed the C++ compiler? It seems like a silly question, but this is the mistake I made. Check by going into the setup for visual studio (Programs and features: Modify “Visual Studio 2015”), then under Programming Languages->VC++, make sure it’s ticked.
Had the same problem and noticed that I had installed the 32bit version in a 64bit machine. All I did was uninstall the wrong one and install the right version and it worked fine.
I’ve found another solution to get through this:
Because I use anaconda python, so I use this code:
conda install -c conda-forge scrapy
First:
pip install wheel
Second： go to http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#lxml
and download proper wheel.
pip install the file you downloaded (.whl).
I have same question with you! I found a way no need install vs2015,maybe,you just haven’t install twisted.http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#twisted .download twisted –version（Twisted‑17.5.0‑cp36‑cp36m‑win_amd64.whl）(maybe win_amd32.whl if 64didn’t work)，and run : pip PATH + filename
pip install C:UsersCRDownloadsTwisted-17.5.0-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl
pip install Scrapy
I just install successful! good luck for you!
my step to insatll scrapy:
1.pip install wheel
2.pip install lxml
3.pip install pyOpenSSL
4.pip install Twisted (fault->do like above)
5.install pywin32 form : https://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/files/pywin32/Build%20220/
6.pip Scrapy (succesful)
As an update to the answer from @davidsheldon above, if you want to use Visual Studio Build Tools 2017 instead of 2015, it will work.
I found that the default install of the build tools stand alone was not enough, however, I added `VC++ 2015.3 … toolset for desktop (x86,x64) and then python was happy:
Easiest way to achieve this, can be automated as it doesn’t require user input:
python -m pip install https://download.lfd.uci.edu/pythonlibs/archived/lxml-4.9.0-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl
This will install the 64-bit version on your machine.