Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required. Get it with "Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools": http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools [duplicate]

Question

I have tried all methods mentioned on the internet but there is no use. I am trying to install misaka by writing pip install misaka it keeps complaining by showing the same message. I have downloaded and installed MS build tool 2015 and 2017, Restarted my laptop. Whatever I did, couldn't figure out why it complains. Python version 3.6.4 Windows 10

Answer 1

To solve any of the following errors:

• "Failed building wheel for misaka"
• "Failed to build misaka"
• "Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required"
• "Unable to find vcvarsall.bat"

The solution is:

1. Go to: https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/#build-tools-for-visual-studio-2017

2. Select the free download under Visual Studio Community 2017

   • This will download the installer.
   • Run the installer

3. Now the most important step is to select what you need under the workload tab:

   • Under Windows there are 3 choices. ONLY check "Desktop development with C++"
   • Under Web & Cloud there are 7 choices. ONLY check Python development (I believe this is optional but I still did it).

4. Now go to your cmd and install the package:

   pip3 install misaka 

Note that if you already installed Visual Studio then when you run the installer, you can modify it (click the modify button under Visual Studio Community 2017) and do steps 3 and 4.

Answer 2

Using the https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/ installer only and selecting only four specific components helped solve the error.