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I have been trying to install paramiko module on windows without success. I have been getting errors related to Visual C++ compiler missing. Is it possible to install paramiko without having to go through compile process.

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  • Possible duplicate of [installing paramiko on Windows](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2964658/installing-paramiko-on-windows) – John Y Mar 10 '16 at 22:50
  • Another possible (and perhaps better) duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20538685/install-paramiko-on-windows – John Y Mar 10 '16 at 22:53
  • Neither one of those is a duplicate of what he's describing, though I would guess the solution in the second case would probably work here. – CrazyCasta Mar 10 '16 at 23:01

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Based on the method from this question this is what I would suggest (assuming you already have >=python-2.7.9 installed, if not, upgrade, 2.7.9 comes with pip, pre 2.7.9 doesn't):

  1. Get the appropriate pycrypto whl file (based on python version and win32/win_amd64). I've found some available here (can't vouch for the site as I don't use python on windows much).
  2. Run pip install pycrypto-stuff.whl (in a command prompt window in the directory where you've saved the pycrypto whl file).
  3. Run pip install paramiko (in a command prompt, but can be in w/e folder you like).

That should do the trick. In general a simple pip install package_name would work, but pycrypto does not provide a wheel file (binary package), therefore you have to build it. By the sound of it you don't have Visual C++ installed (or not the right version, it only works for one, I don't recall which), pycrypto needs an extension package built to use the system crypto libraries, which is why the source package isn't working.

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I was able to get it working by installing the following packages using pip.

pip install bcrypt cryptography pynacl paramiko

These were the packages my Linux install used as prerequisites, so they should work on windows as well.

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