Installation error: Visual C++ is required

[eight04]

OS/Arch

C:\Users\eight04\dev>python -c "import platform;print(platform.uname())"
uname_result(system='Windows', node='***', release='10', version='10.0.18362', machine='AMD64', processor='Intel64 Family 6 Model 69 Stepping 1, GenuineIntel')

Python version

C:\Users\eight04\dev>python --version
Python 3.8.1

cChardet version

2.1.5

What is the problem?

pip tries to compile the source code and fail.

Expected behavior

Install the wheel.

Actual behavior

C:\Users\eight04\dev>pip install cchardet
Collecting cchardet
  Using cached cchardet-2.1.5.tar.gz (653 kB)
Installing collected packages: cchardet
    Running setup.py install for cchardet ... error
    ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: 'c:\users\eight04\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\eight04\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-l1qsb7ur\\cchardet\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\eight04\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-l1qsb7ur\\cchardet\\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\eight04\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-d2kzk51y\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'c:\users\eight04\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\Include\cchardet'
         cwd: C:\Users\eight04\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-l1qsb7ur\cchardet\
    Complete output (11 lines):
    running install
    running build
    running build_py
    creating build
    creating build\lib.win32-3.8
    creating build\lib.win32-3.8\cchardet
    copying src\cchardet\version.py -> build\lib.win32-3.8\cchardet
    copying src\cchardet\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-3.8\cchardet
    running build_ext
    building 'cchardet._cchardet' extension
    error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required. Get it with "Build Tools for Visual Studio": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
    ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: 'c:\users\eight04\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\eight04\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-l1qsb7ur\\cchardet\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\eight04\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-l1qsb7ur\\cchardet\\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\eight04\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-d2kzk51y\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'c:\users\eight04\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\Include\cchardet' Check the logs for full command output.

C:\Users\eight04\dev>pip install cchardet --only-binary :all:
ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement cchardet (from versions: none)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for cchardet

[dmccaffrey12]

I am having the same issue. Even after downloading Visual C+++

[eight04]

I was able to compile the source code after installing the C++ build tool. You can follow the instruction here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/59057393/3413125

The link to the build tool: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/

If it still fails, it might be a different issue.

[dmccaffrey12]

That worked!!!! Thank you so much!

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[eight04]

I can no longer repro with cchardet 2.1.6.

C:\Users\eight04>pip install cchardet --only-binary :all:
Collecting cchardet
  Downloading cchardet-2.1.6-cp38-cp38-win32.whl (112 kB)
     |████████████████████████████████| 112 kB 501 kB/s
Installing collected packages: cchardet
Successfully installed cchardet-2.1.6

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