Error Microsoft Visual C 14 0 is required Unable to find vcvarsall bat

Question

I've installed Python 3.5 and while running

pip install mysql-python

it gives me the following error

error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required (Unable to find vcvarsall.bat)

I have added the following lines to my Path

C:\Program Files\Python 3.5\Scripts\;
C:\Program Files\Python 3.5\;

C:\Windows\System32;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC;
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC

On my computer, I'm running Windows 7 64-bit.

What is the best way to avoid this mistake and accurately install the modules using pip?

Answer 1

For pip, use the binary-only option. 

For instance, in the case of mysqlclient:

pip install --only-binary :all: mysqlclient

Because many packages don't produce builds for every release, your pip will have to build from source. 

Use —only-binary:all: to allow pip to use an earlier binary version if you don't mind using the most recent pre-compiled binary version.