Multiple problems with Python 3.7 under Windows 7 Home Premium

[Thomas Jollans]

On 21/09/2018 15:22, Spencer Graves wrote:
> WEBINSTALL.EXE:
> 
>  [...]

Whatever, you managed to install Python, and it works, so everybody's 
happy, right?

> PYTHON - M PIP INSTALL PYAUDIO
> 
> 
>        "python -m pip install pyaudio" stopped with 'error: Microsoft 
> visual C++14.0 is required.  Get it with "Microsoft Visual C++ Build 
> Tools": http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools".
> 
> 
>        That web address "http://landinghub..." gave "404 NOT FOUND". 
> However, I found elsewhere Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools" and seemed 
> to get them installed.

Well done!

> 
>        Then "python -m pip install pyaudio" stopped with "error: command 
> 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual 
> Studio\\BuildTools\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.15.26726\\bin\\HostX86\\x64\\c1.exe' 
> failed with exit status 2".

Okay, I get the feeling that installing pyaudio from source on Windows 
is quite involved. The lines of output before that would likely tell you 
more about what actually went wrong, but my guess is that due to 
dependencies you actually can't install pyaudio from source using pip on 
Windows at all. (You should be able to install it from a downloaded copy 
of the source, though. If you really want to go that route, I found 
this: 
https://smaudet.wordpress.com/2014/01/26/building-pyaudio-on-windows-7-x64-using-the-free-msvc-toolchains/)

There appear to be pyaudio binaries for Python 3.6 on PyPI. The simplest 
solution to your problem would be to stick with Python 3.6 for now (as 
much as I hate to say it) - then you shouldn't need to faff around with 
C++ compilers.

> 
> 
> GCCWINBINARIES
> 

Yeah, you won't need these. Google led you down the garden path.

(actually, I don't think anybody really needs these any more, do they?)

> 
> 
> WINDOWS APP CERTIFICATION KIT
> 
> 
>        Somehow, I got a notice to try "Windows App Certification Kit 
> 10.0.17134.12".

What? Why? What is this? I don't even.



Cheers
Thomas