I Can't Install Pyaudio on Windows? How to Solve "Error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 Is Required."

I can't install pyaudio in windows

It says it right in the error:

Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required. Get it with
"Microsoft C++ Build Tools":
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/

Download the tools from the given link, install them then try pip install pyaudio again.

Getting error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required. when installing PyAudio

Currently, there are wheels compatible with the official distributions of Python 2.7, 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6.

Apparently, there is no version of that library for Python 3.7, so I'd try downgrading the Python version.

Download the wheel on this site: https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#pyaudio.

Choose:

• PyAudio‑0.2.11‑cp37‑cp37m‑win32.whl if you use 32 bit
• PyAudio‑0.2.11‑cp37‑cp37m‑win_amd64.whl for 64 bit

Then go to your download folder:

cd <your_donwload_path>
pip install PyAudio‑0.2.11‑cp37‑cp37m‑win_amd64.whl

How do I solve PyAudio installation error?

Though the error says error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required. You can try installing the unofficial python binary for pyaudio from here.

Note - Install the wheel package in accordance of your system and python version.

For example if your system is of 64 bit and you running python 3.9.x then you will have to install PyAudio‑0.2.11‑cp39‑cp39‑win_amd64.whl

After you're done with the installation open up your terminal and navigate to the folder where the wheel package is installed, then enter the following command

pip install your_wheel_package_name.whl

How to solve error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required when installing Python packages?

Go to this link and download Microsoft C++ Build Tools:

https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/

Open the installer, then follow the steps.

You might have something like this, just download it or resume.

If updating above doesn't work then you need to configure or make some updates here. You can make some updates here too by clicking "Modify".

Check that and download what you need there or you might find that you just need to update Microsoft Visual C++ as stated on the error, but I also suggest updating everything there because you might still need it on your future programs. I think those with the C++ as I've done that before and had a similar problem just like that when installing a python package for creating WorldCloud visualization.

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UPDATE: December 28, 2020

You can also follow these steps here:

1. Select: Workloads → Desktop development with C++
2. Then for Individual Components, select only:
   
   • Windows 10 SDK
   • C++ x64/x86 build tools

You can also achieve the same automatically using the following command:

vs_buildtools.exe --norestart --passive --downloadThenInstall --includeRecommended --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.NativeDesktop --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools --add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.MSBuildTools

Reference:

https://www.scivision.dev/python-windows-visual-c-14-required

Pip error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required

You need to install Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 to install pycrypto:

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

In the comments you ask which link to use. Use the link to Visual C++ 2015 Build Tools. That will install Visual C++ 14.0 without installing Visual Studio.

Alternate link: https://wiki.python.org/moin/WindowsCompilers#Microsoft_Visual_C.2B-.2B-_14.2_standalone:_Build_Tools_for_Visual_Studio_2019_.28x86.2C_x64.2C_ARM.2C_ARM64.29

In the comments you ask about methods of installing pycrypto that do not require installing a compiler. The binaries in the links appear to be for earlier versions of Python than you are using. One link is to a binary in a DropBox account.

I do not recommend downloading binary versions of cryptography libraries provided by third parties. The only way to guarantee that you are getting a version of pycrypto that is compatible with your version of Python and has not been built with any backdoors is to build it from the source.

After you have installed Visual C++, just re-run the original command:

pip install -U steem

To find out what the various install options mean, run this command:

pip help install

The help for the -U option says

-U, --upgrade        Upgrade all specified packages to the newest available
                     version. The handling of dependencies depends on the
                     upgrade-strategy used.

If you do not already have the steem library installed, you can run the command without the -U option.

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