Compiler problems with pip during numpy install under Windows 8.1, 7 Enterprise and 7 Home Editions

Question

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

Answer 1

If you didn't fixed the issue with those steps please check this simple solution that helped me to build numpy: Go to Jurko's repository * in which he is patching/improving the scripts for building with MSVC and download/copy paste the files:

msvc9compiler.py
msvccompiler.py

Links:

• https://bitbucket.org/jurko/cpython/src/b0962aec201e7d4b4f1ac32dbc130379ec6d943a/Lib/distutils/msvc9compiler.py?at=jurko/distutils_msvc_express_fix

• https://bitbucket.org/jurko/cpython/src/b0962aec201e7d4b4f1ac32dbc130379ec6d943a/Lib/distutils/msvccompiler.py?at=jurko/distutils_msvc_express_fix

Save them in the folder '\Lib\distutils\' of your python installation directory, eg: "C:\WinPython-64bit-3.4.3.2\python-3.4.3.amd64\Lib\distutils".

There are several other solutions related to this issue of building python modules with pip/easy_install, eg: error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat ; Unable to find vcvarsall.bat using Python 3.3 in Windows 8 that seem unsolvable sometimes.

My system: windows 7, windows sdk 7.1, vs2010 express with sp1, python 3.4.3, 64 bit