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pip building wheel fails for pycddlib

I am having severe problems installing pycddlib for Python 3.6 on Windows 10.
The package can be found here. However there is no wheel for Python 3.6 and hence the provided wheels to not support my system.
I followed the instructions on this site to build a wheel. I tried to install Visual C++ Build Tools 2015 however I had no sucess in installing the package as pip install pycddlib throws the error
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio
14.0\VC\BIN\x86_amd64\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2
Instead I installed Visual Studio 2017 with Python development workload and the Native development tools option. Trying to install pycddlib now does not throw the same error but simply the following error
Failed building wheel for pycddlib
This thread suggests that one has to install required packages first, but pycddlib does not seem to require anything else
This website suggests building instructions for the package pycddlib. Nonetheless I am lacking knowledge to update theses instructions in order to build the correct thing for my setup.
Thanks for your help!

The developer has added support for python 3.6. Hence there are working wheels for Python 3.6 under this link available now.

Scrapy seems to have installed, but when checking for version I get "No module named scrapy"

I have the dependencies installed (openssl, lxml, pyopenssl, twisted matrix, etc...) and when I type in the command
easy_install Scrapy
it seems to work, and gives me this output
Searching for scrapy
Best match: scrapy 0.24.2
Processing scrapy-0.24.2-py2.7.egg
scrapy 0.24.2 is already the active version in easy-install.pth
Installing scrapy script to C:\Users\Joel\AppData\Local\Enthought\Canopy\User\Sc
ripts
Installing scrapy.bat script to C:\Users\Joel\AppData\Local\Enthought\Canopy\Use
r\Scripts
Using c:\users\joel\appdata\local\enthought\canopy\user\lib\site-packages\scrapy
-0.24.2-py2.7.egg
Processing dependencies for scrapy
Finished processing dependencies for scrapy
however, when I check the version of scrapy it gives me this error
C:\python27\python.exe: No module named scrapy
how do I install scrapy? I would like to scrape the web...
EDIT: when using
pip install scrapy
i get this error
************************************************************************
WARNING:
An optional code optimization (C extension) could not be compiled.
Optimizations for this package will not be available!
()
Could not find Visual Studio 2008 in your path.
If you do not have Visual Studio 2008 installed, you can use
the MinGW compiler instead. To install mingw, do:
enpkg mingw
To use the MinGW compiler to build an extension module, use
the '-c' flag, e.g.:
python setup.py build_ext -c mingw64
Note that building Python extensions with MinGW is not officially
supported, although it is known to work in many cases.
****************************************************************************
I have installed visual studio 2008 so maybe my path isnt pointing there? if so what do I need to add as an environmental variable so it sees it?

It seems possible, since you appear to have loaded the Enthought distribution, that the easy_install you ran used a different Python from the one you get when you use the "python" command (i.e one runs the Enthought distribution, one runs your system-installed Python, which eceryone except Alex gaynor should leave strictly alone). You should be able to check this with which easy_install and which python commands.
If they do appear to be related to the same Python executable I am a little at a loss.

Are you sure you have all of the correct dependencies?
Environment variables
OpenSSL
Visual C++
Check this link and let us know how you are checking the version and what errors you are getting.
http://doc.scrapy.org/en/latest/intro/install.html#intro-install-platform-notes
It looks like you are installing to the correct version of Python, but you can always try
easy_install-2.7 scrapy

Problems with installing Cython on a computer running Windows 7

I am trying to install Cython on a computer running Windows 7. I am using MinGW for my C-compiler. I've taken the following steps:
Installed MinGW.
Added C:\MinGW\bin to Path. Made sure Path included no empty spaces.
Created the file distutils.cfg in the distutils directory. It reads:
[build]
compiler=mingw
[build_ext]
compiler=mingw
I start the command prompt, got to the proper directory and type "python setup.py install". I get the following output:
running install
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
building 'Cython.Plex.Scanners' extension
error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat
As far as I've understood, this is an error regarding setting MinGW as the C-compiler, but I've aldready included it into Path. What more can I do? Where do I go from here?

Open CMD and type:
SET VS90COMNTOOLS=%VS100COMNTOOLS%
Change the numbers for the edition value of Visual Studio you are running :)
Possibly stolen from here: error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat
EDIT:
you can download the necessary packages from here:
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=7729279
It also sets VS90COMMNTOOLS for you :)

Why wont You use prebuilded packages from
Here
?
I also tried compiling Cython and also failed. This way is far easier :)

Using NumPy in Visual Studio

I downloaded http://pytools.codeplex.com/ (Python Tools for Visual Studio) so that I could write Python in Visual Studio.
The problem is when I try to use the most basic package "numpy" like so:
import numpy
It says "No module named 'numpy'."
How can I use NumPy and SciPy in Visual Studio?
Note: I am using Canopy Express on another machine which works perfectly; however, I don't want to install it on this machine since I already have Visual Studio installed.
I added the Python 3.3 environment to my Python "solution" by right-clicking Python environments and clicking add an environment. But, after right-clicking my environment and clicking install Python package, I typed in "numpy" and got this error when trying to install it:
...
creating build
creating build\src.win32-3.3
creating build\src.win32-3.3\numpy
creating build\src.win32-3.3\numpy\distutils
building library "npymath" sources
No module named 'numpy.distutils.msvccompiler' in numpy.distutils; trying from distutils
error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat
----------------------------------------
Cleaning up...
Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in c:\users\dom\appdata\local\temp\pip_build_Dom\numpy
Storing complete log in C:\Users\Dom\pip\pip.log
'numpy' failed to install. Exit code: 1
How can I install NumPy?

In Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition with a Python 2.7 environment, the following worked for me:
Open the Python Environments menu in Solution Explorer, and click on "Install Python Package..."
Then write "numpy":

Two solutions worked for me:
Going directly to my Python folder and installing the packages using pip.
Creating a virtual environment in my project and installing packages from within Visual Studio.

Consider using a more feature-rich Windows distribution of Python, like Anaconda. It comes with a boatload of packages included into the installer. This is quite handy for those who are new to Python, especially when they are using Windows.
Edit:
As of 2020, I would suggest using the python.org distribution of Python. Compiler issues on ms-windows have finally been fixed, so a lot of projects now provide binary packages (wheels) for ms-windows. Among others numpy, pandas, matplotlib, pillow, Cython and PyNaCl.
Note that wheel names ending in:
win_amd64.whl are for 64-bit versions of ms-windows, and
win32.whl are for 32-bit.

I actually ran into the same set of problems when trying to use Visual Studio for Python.
I managed to get things to work at the end - please see Using Visual Studio 2013 for Python (3.4) with NumPy and SciPy on Windows for details. Essentially you can either use the installer (if one is available) or use pip to do the installation.

Make sure C++ Common Tools are installed in Visual Studio:

See under Extra in the Visual Studio (Extra-Python-Interactive Window).
It has the ability to switch the interactive console through a different platform/Python version (32-bit, 64-bit, Debug, and Anaconda (which has the NumPy package)).

From PTVS Installation:
2. Installing packages individually
Here are some recommended packages. Generally you want to install packages using pip or through the interface in Visual Studio (which uses pip), as this will ensure that you get the latest version that will work with your version of Python, as well as any dependencies.
Some packages have complex dependencies and need to be downloaded manually, either from the project's website or from Christoph Gohlke's package collection.
I installed numpy and scipy from these links, and it works perfectly with Visual Studio.
numpy http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy/files/NumPy/
scipy http://sourceforge.net/projects/scipy/files/scipy/
Matplotlib http://matplotlib.org/downloads.html
Pandas http://pandas.pydata.org/getpandas.html

Well, if anyone still has problem than what worked for me is:
C:/Users/DELL/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python39/python.exe -m pip install numpy
where the first part is simply the path of python.

pip install gives error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat

Using pip install zipline on Windows 8 with Python 2.7 gives me the error:
Downloading/unpacking six (from python-dateutil==2.1->delorean->zipline[all])
Running setup.py egg_info for package six
Installing collected packages: blist, pytz, requests, python-dateutil, six
Running setup.py install for blist
building '_blist' extension
error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat
Complete output from command C:\Python27\python.exe -c "import setuptools;__
file__='c:\\users\\ThatsMe\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-build-ThatsMe\\blist\\setup.py';ex
ec(compile(open(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" inst
all --record c:\users\ThatsMe\appdata\local\temp\pip-xvoky2-record\install-record.tx
t --single-version-externally-managed:
running install
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
building '_blist' extension
error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat
Question: How can the error be resolved? Running pip install zipline[all] gives the same error...

The problem here is the line 292 (Using Python 3.4.3 here) in $python_install_prefix/Lib/distutils/msvc9compiler.py which says:
VERSION = get_build_version()
This only checks for the MSVC version that your python was built with. Just replacing this line with your actual Visual Studio version, eg. 12.0 for MSVC2013
VERSION = 12.0
will fix the issue.
UPDATE: Turns out that there is a good reason why this version is hardcoded. MSVC C runtime is not required to be compatible between major versions. Hence when you use a different VS version you might run into runtime problems. So I advise to use VS 2008 (for Python 2.6 up to 3.2) and VS2010 for (Python 3.3 and later) until this issue is sorted out.
Binary compatibility will arrive with VS 2015 (see here) along with Python 3.5 .
For Python 2.7 users Microsoft released a special Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7 which can be used without installing the whole VS 2008.

You could use ol' good easy_install zipline instead.
easy_install isn't pip but one good aspect of it is the ability to download and install binary packages too, which would free you for the need having VC++ ready. This of course relies of the assumption that the binaries were prepared for your Python version.
UPDATE:
Yes, Pip can install binaries now!
There's a new binary Python archive format (wheel) that is supposed to replace "eggs". Wheels are already supported by pip. This means you'll be able to install zipline with pip without compiling it as soon as someone builds the wheel for your platform and uploads it to PyPI.

If you are getting this error on Python 2.7 you can now get the Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7 as a stand alone download.
If you are on 3.3 or later you need to install Visual Studio 2010 express which is available for free here: https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs#d-2010-express
If you are 3.3 or later and using a 64 bit version of python you need to install the Microsoft SDK 7.1 that ships a 64 bit compiler and follow the directions here Python PIP has issues with path for MS Visual Studio 2010 Express for 64-bit install on Windows 7

First, you should look for the file vcvarsall.bat in your system.
If it does not exist, I recommend you to install Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7. This will create the vcvarsall.bat in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft\Visual C++ for Python\9.0" if you install it for all users.
The problem now is in the function find_vcvarsall(version) in the C:/Python27/Lib/distutils/msvc9compiler.py module, which is looking for the vcvarsall.bat file.
Following the function calls you will see it is looking for an entry in the registry containing the path to the vcvarsall.bat file. It will never find it because this function is looking in other directories different from where the above-mentioned installation placed it, and in my case, the registry didn't exist.
The easiest way to solve this problem is to manually return the path of the vcvarsall.bat file. To do so, modify the function find_vcvarsall(version) in the msvc9compiler.py file with the absolute path to the vcvarsall.bat file like this:
def find_vcvarsall(version):
return r"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Microsoft\Visual C++ for Python\9.0\vcvarsall.bat"
This solution worked for me.
If you already have the vcvarsall.bat file you should check if you have the key productdir in the registry:
(HKEY_USERS, HKEY_CURRENT_USERS, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE or HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT)\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\version\Setup\VC
Where version = msvc9compiler.get_build_version()
If you don't have the key just do:
def find_vcvarsall(version):
return <path>\vcvarsall.bat
To understand the exact behavior check msvc9compiler.py module starting in the find_vcvarsall(version) function.

Simply because you don't have c++ compiler installed there in your machine, check the following
Download Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 from this page. That is a generally useful page anyway, so you should probably bookmark it. For Python 3.3+ use MS Visual C++ 2010.
Install it.
Open Windows explorer (the file browser) and search for the location of ‘vcvarsall.bat’ and cut it to your clipboard.
run regedit from the Windows start key. You will need admin privilges.
Add a registry entry to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Setup\VC\ProductDir (64 bit Windows) or
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Setup\VC\ProductDir (32 bit)
as described here.
Hint: 0.9 in the registery directory is the currently installed version of your visual studio, if you running VS 2013, you have to find the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0....
At the Windows start key, type cmd to get a command shell. If you need to, go to your virtual environment and run activate.bat.
pip install or whatever you use to install it.

You need to have Visual Studio's bin dir in your path. Pip install is trying to compile some C code.

I spent hours researching this vcvarsall.bat as well. Most answers on SO focus on Python 2.7 and / or creating workarounds by modifying system paths. None worked for me. This solution worked out of the box for Python 3.5 and (I think) is the "correct" way of doing it.
See this link -- it describes the Windows Compilers to use for different versions of Python: https://wiki.python.org/moin/WindowsCompilers#Microsoft_Visual_C.2B-.2B-_14.0_standalone:_Visual_C.2B-.2B-_Build_Tools_2015_.28x86.2C_x64.2C_ARM.29
For Python 3.5, download this: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49983
For me, I had to run C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools\Visual C++ x64 Native Build Tools Command Prompt for it to work. From that command prompt, I ran "pip install django_compressor" which was the particular package that was causing me an issue, and it worked perfectly.
Hope this saves someone some time!

Thanks to "msoliman" for his hint, however his answer doesn't give clear solution for those who doesn't have VS2010
For example I have VS2012 and VS2013 and there are no such KEYs in system registry.
Solution:
Edit file: "[Python_install_loc]/Lib/distutils/msvc9compiler.py"
Change on line 224:
productdir = Reg.get_value(r"%s\Setup\VC" % vsbase,
"productdir")
to:
productdir = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio [your_vs_version(11/12...)]\VC"
and that should work

If you are trying to install matplotlib in order to work with graphs on python. Try this link.
https://github.com/jbmohler/matplotlib-winbuild.
This is a set of scripts to build matplotlib from source on the MS Windows platform.
To build & install matplotlib in your Python, do:
git clone https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib
git clone https://github.com/jbmohler/matplotlib-winbuild
$ python matplotlib-winbuild\buildall.py
The build script will auto-detect Python version & 32/64 bit automatically.

I appreciate this might not be the answer to resolving on 3.4 but I tried a huge variety of things to fix this on 3.4 and thought this might be useful if someone is time pressed or doesn't have the know-how to correct it (in my case, work demands).
With exactly the same setup, I found that my installation problems only happened with Python 3.4. When I changed to 2.7, all my issues seemed to be resolved.
We have a rather overzealous security setup though so I'm going to try the same on my home version (still 3.4) and see if I have any more joy. My inclination is that my VS version has somehow been restricted and the answers above should help. If I find anything more tonight I'll add further detail.
This is my first reply, not the most technical I'm afraid!