Compiler problems with pip during numpy install under Windows 8.1, 7 Enterprise and 7 Home Editions
I am unable to install numpy via pip install numpy on my computer running Python 3.4 due to various errors I receive linked to compilation issues (This is only the case on a 64-bit installation of Python). This is a problem that has been reported extensively and I had a related question about unable to find vcvarsall.bat. I have tested this on three different clean machines running Windows 8.1, 7 Enterprise and 7 Home Editions and it always comes up. Installing Visual Studio 2010 Express C++ gets rid of the first error in the link - i.e. Unable to find vcvarsall.bat but throws out a next