error: command 'C:\\ Visual Studio\\2017\\Community\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.14.26428\\bin\\HostX86\\x64\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2

Question

Hi so I was trying to pip install python-ldap using my git bash but at first it told me that i don't have cl.exe so i downloaded the visual studio C++ pack now it's showing this error

 error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2017\\Community\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.14.26428\\bin\\HostX86\\x64\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2

I never coded with C++ so I'm not sure what the error is. I downloaded the CLI tools for C++ too and I don't think it's because the cl.exe isn't in the path since it found it. Any insights ??

Answer 1

I know this question was asked years ago, but for future users, I thought of providing an answer for this question. Today I've faced the same problem with the "Microsoft visual studio 2019 build tool."

error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2019\\BuildTools\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.29.30037\\bin\\HostX86\\x64\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2

I have come across this issue while trying to install the dependency through anaconda3 cmd in windows OS.

pip install sparse_dot_topn

I have tried different methods suggest in different portals and couldn't resolve this for hours. At the same time, I've ended up installing unnecessary components of the visual studio build tool as well. Finally, I found the problem is associated with the setup tool library, and the problem can be solved through force upgrade to the setup tool package

python -m pip install -U pip setuptools

Answer 2

There doesn't seem to be a valid solution for this error but one workaround is to install the windows binary package from https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#python-ldap

Answer 3

Install Visual C++ 2015 Build Tools from https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=691126 with default selection.