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I am trying to install cx_Freeze==5.0.2 on Windows 8.1 / Python 3.7 but I am getting this Error:

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I do not know what exactly cx_Freeze is for or why i need this version - it is from a requirements text file that threw and error, and this module is the only one that i could not install manually.

It says something about Visual C++ above, but I do have it installed, so I dont know why its saying that.

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  • Possible duplicate of [Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required (Unable to find vcvarsall.bat)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29846087/microsoft-visual-c-14-0-is-required-unable-to-find-vcvarsall-bat) – hoefling Jul 06 '18 at 07:42
  • I do have Visual C++ 14 though, do i just have to add the install path to PATH? – Flying Thunder Jul 06 '18 at 07:45

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cx_Feeze needs compiling to run (this is usually done for you on Windows but it has not been done for 3.7 yet (see the releases on PyPi) so you have two options:

  • Wait until it is (shouldn't be more than a few days/weeks, it wasn't last time python updated in any case)

  • Compile it yourself

In the case of compiling, if you have VS installed then you probably have not set the correct environment variables 

SET DISTUTILS_USE_SDK=1
SET MSSdk=1

Taken from here.

I would recomend the answers in this question over the duplicate suggested above.

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