#230·theZoo

How to install without c++ visual build tools?

Author: Ivan121204Created Jun 27, 2025Updated Jun 27, 2025

I got this error when running pip install --user -r requirements.txt . Is there a way without downloading 8gb of microsoft bloat? Python version 3.9

Building wheels for collected packages: pyminizip Building wheel for pyminizip (setup.py) ... error error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× python setup.py bdist_wheel did not run successfully. │ exit code: 1 ╰─> [5 lines of output] running bdist_wheel running build running build_ext building 'pyminizip' extension 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/ [end of output]