pip - Visual C++ for python failed with exit status 2 when installing divisi2

Question

i am using Python 2.7 on Windows 8.1 46 bit.

I want to install divisi2 https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Divisi2/2.2.5

I have installed NumPy and SciPy which are the pre-requisites for divisi2 already. I have installed Visual C++ for python 9.0.

Whenever i issue pip install divisi2 command i get the following error in the console.

     svdlib/svdwrapper.c(89) : error C2059: syntax error : '{'
    svdlib/svdwrapper.c(90) : error C2275: 'PyObject' : illegal use of this type
 as an expression
            c:python27includeobject.h(108) : see declaration of 'PyObject'
    svdlib/svdwrapper.c(90) : error C2065: 'arr' : undeclared identifier
    svdlib/svdwrapper.c(90) : error C2065: 'type' : undeclared identifier
    svdlib/svdwrapper.c(90) : warning C4047: 'function' : 'PyArray_Descr *' diff
ers in levels of indirection from 'int'
    svdlib/svdwrapper.c(90) : warning C4024: 'function through pointer' : differ
ent types for formal and actual parameter 2
    svdlib/svdwrapper.c(91) : error C2065: 'dim' : undeclared identifier
    svdlib/svdwrapper.c(91) : warning C4047: 'function' : 'npy_intp *' differs i
n levels of indirection from 'int'
    svdlib/svdwrapper.c(91) : warning C4024: 'function through pointer' : differ
ent types for formal and actual parameter 4
    svdlib/svdwrapper.c(91) : error C2065: 'strides' : undeclared identifier
    svdlib/svdwrapper.c(91) : warning C4047: 'function' : 'npy_intp *' differs i
n levels of indirection from 'int'
    svdlib/svdwrapper.c(91) : warning C4024: 'function through pointer' : differ
ent types for formal and actual parameter 5
    svdlib/svdwrapper.c(95) : error C2065: 'arr' : undeclared identifier
    svdlib/svdwrapper.c(96) : error C2065: 'arr' : undeclared identifier
    svdlib/svdwrapper.c(96) : warning C4047: 'return' : 'int *' differs in level
s of indirection from 'int'
    svdlib/svdwrapper.c(100) : error C2143: syntax error : missing '{' before '*
'
    svdlib/svdwrapper.c(102) : warning C4133: 'initializing' : incompatible type
s - from 'int *' to 'PyObject *'
    svdlib/svdwrapper.c(114) : warning C4133: 'return' : incompatible types - fr
om 'PyObject *' to 'int *'
    error: command 'C:\Users\i054564\AppData\Local\Programs\Common\Micros
oft\Visual C++ for Python\9.0\VC\Bin\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2

    ----------------------------------------
Command "c:python27python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='c:
users\i054564\appdata\local\temp\pip-build-0aufqt\divisi2\setup.py';exec
(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__).read().replace('
', '
'),
 __file__, 'exec'))" install --record c:usersi054564appdatalocalemppip-5d
xl7g-recordinstall-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" fa
iled with error code 1 in c:usersi054564appdatalocalemppip-build-0aufqtd
ivisi2

cheers,

Saurav

Answer 1

Both the above methods work nicely.
This one is a bit easier though.
Install Visual C++ 2015 Build Tools from https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=691126 with default selection.