error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required when installing python package error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required when installing python package python-3.x python-3.x

error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required when installing python package


  1. Please download Visual C++ Build Tools 2015

  2. Install the visualcppbuildtools_full from 1.

  3. Please ensure below dependencies were installed:Python later then 2.6, including Python 3.x, NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, Patsy, Cython
  4. After all the dependencies and visualcppbuildtools_full are installed, please relaunch your IDE or reboot computer.
  5. Please execute "pip3 install statsmodels" again after IDE relaunch.

I'm using Windows VS code, and I found the statsmodels installation won't work unless I relaunch my VS code.

Please try it.


Maybe I am too late to share a solution here but it might help someone in the future.i was also trying to setup YOLO and was trying for a complete one day to solve the VC++ error message.

Command i was trying to run: python setup.py build_ext --inplace Error message everyone knows: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is requiredso i google it visit many forums and tried everything, from reinstalling VC++ tools for VS2015 many times and restart my system many times, set paths in environment variables.but none worked for me...

what worked for me>>>>?

1: Install VC++ build tools from build-tools-for-visual-studio-2017, once you run the setup, check only Visual C++ build tools and select all important optional check boxes on the right side. it might take more than 8 GB on your desk, then restart your system.

2: Add path in Environment Variables to your VC that will be: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC

3: Also add path to: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.15.26726 with variable name: VS140COMNTOOLS

4:Once its done type Native Tools in windows start menu. you should see X64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS2017 click on it, it will open a command prompt, run your command again inside this command prompt not in regular windows command prompt.

I hope it will work for you.


You need to install the visual c++ build tools. The link in the error message seems like it's dead, but you can download them here: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/