Failed to install editdistance library in Win11

[ouening]

  Building wheel for editdistance (setup.py) ... error
  ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
   command: 'D:\Applications\WPy64-3850\python-3.8.5.amd64\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'E:\\Temp\\pip-install-lr00wmov\\editdistance\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'E:\\Temp\\pip-install-lr00wmov\\editdistance\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' bdist_wheel -d 'E:\Temp\pip-wheel-uujy4pu5'
       cwd: E:\Temp\pip-install-lr00wmov\editdistance\
  Complete output (31 lines):
  running bdist_wheel
  running build
  running build_py
  creating build
  creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.8
  creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\editdistance
  copying editdistance\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\editdistance
  copying editdistance\_editdistance.h -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\editdistance
  copying editdistance\def.h -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\editdistance
  running build_ext
  building 'editdistance.bycython' extension
  creating build\temp.win-amd64-3.8
  creating build\temp.win-amd64-3.8\Release
  creating build\temp.win-amd64-3.8\Release\editdistance
  C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30037\bin\HostX86\x64\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -I./editdistance -ID:\Applications\WPy64-3850\python-3.8.5.amd64\include -ID:\Applications\WPy64-3850\python-3.8.5.amd64\include "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30037\ATLMFC\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30037\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\NETFXSDK\4.8\include\um" "-IE:\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.19041.0\ucrt" "-IE:\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.19041.0\shared" "-IE:\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.19041.0\um" "-IE:\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.19041.0\winrt" "-IE:\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.19041.0\cppwinrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30037\include" "-IE:\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.19041.0\ucrt" "-IE:\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.19041.0\um" "-IE:\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.19041.0\shared" "-IE:\Windows Kits\10\Include\10.0.19041.0\winrt" /EHsc /Tpeditdistance/_editdistance.cpp /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-3.8\Release\editdistance/_editdistance.obj
  _editdistance.cpp
  editdistance/_editdistance.cpp(1): warning C4819: 该文件包含不能在当前代码页(936)中表示 的字符。请将该文件保存为 Unicode 格式以防止数据丢失
  editdistance/_editdistance.cpp(117): error C2059: 语法错误:“if”
  editdistance/_editdistance.cpp(118): error C2059: 语法错误:“else”
  editdistance/_editdistance.cpp(119): error C2059: 语法错误:“else”
  editdistance/_editdistance.cpp(120): error C2059: 语法错误:“else”
  editdistance/_editdistance.cpp(121): error C2059: 语法错误:“else”
  editdistance/_editdistance.cpp(122): error C2059: 语法错误:“else”
  editdistance/_editdistance.cpp(123): error C2059: 语法错误:“else”
  editdistance/_editdistance.cpp(124): error C2059: 语法错误:“else”
  editdistance/_editdistance.cpp(125): error C2059: 语法错误:“else”
  editdistance/_editdistance.cpp(126): error C2059: 语法错误:“else”
  editdistance/_editdistance.cpp(127): error C2059: 语法错误:“return”
  editdistance/_editdistance.cpp(128): error C2059: 语法错误:“}”
  editdistance/_editdistance.cpp(128): error C2143: 语法错误: 缺少“;”(在“}”的前面)
  error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2019\\Community\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.29.30037\\bin\\HostX86\\x64\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2
  ----------------------------------------
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for editdistance

[kingyiusuen]

See if this article helps: https://www.okcd00.tech/articles/2017-05/%E3%80%90Editdistance%E3%80%91%E5%9C%A8Windows%E7%8E%AF%E5%A2%83%E4%B8%8B%E9%85%8D%E7%BD%AEpython%E5%BA%93editdistance.html

[ouening]

It worked! Just delete the Japanese in editdistance-master\editdistance\_editdistance.cpp