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I am trying to install a python package that needs a Windos C++ compiler The install procedure sent me to this link: https://wiki.python.org/moin/WindowsCompilers

I am using Python 2.7 x86 on Win 7 x64 The version indicated on that page is not available anymore (Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 standalone: Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7 (x86, x64) )

What can I do? Where can I find the above compiler ?

MiniMe
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  • Did you look at [this one](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44266) (also linked from that wiki page)? – BrenBarn Jan 31 '16 at 19:30
  • How about you, did you look at that link :-) ? It is dead – MiniMe Jan 31 '16 at 19:50
  • Wow, that is weird, the link just worked for me, but now it doesn't anymore. – BrenBarn Jan 31 '16 at 20:03
  • Very strange. If I visit the link repeatedly, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Perhaps something is wacky on Microsoft's server. Anyway, you might try refreshing again and again and hope you get lucky. – BrenBarn Jan 31 '16 at 20:08

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The "Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7" download has now been completely removed by Microsoft. (Which BTW, means the Chocolatey install won't work either as it was relying on the Microsoft website as a source.)

As a last resort, the file is available from the Internet Archive. Prefer any other source though, the last thing we want is to hammer the Wayback Machine with unnecessary download requests.

https://web.archive.org/web/20210106040224/https://download.microsoft.com/download/7/9/6/796EF2E4-801B-4FC4-AB28-B59FBF6D907B/VCForPython27.msi

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Not sure what is happening with Microsoft today or these days but here is the direct link http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/9/6/796EF2E4-801B-4FC4-AB28-B59FBF6D907B/VCForPython27.msi

Alternatively you can search github, for "VCForPython27.msi site:github.com"

That will give you either the above link or links to files hosted on Github.

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The express versions of visual studio are free, I assume the command line compiler would work.

You might also need to read Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7

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  • Compiling extensions for 2.7 works best with the [VC++ Compiler for 2.7](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44266). No currently supported version of Visual Studio Express will produce binaries that link with msvcr90.dll, which is required for 100% compatibility with the official 2.7 builds, in terms of interoperability of file streams, memory allocations, and per-thread locales. – Eryk Sun Jan 31 '16 at 19:36
  • From that package what exactly do I select under Programming languages and under Windows Web Development> The entire distribution has 6G. This is what I was trying to avoid – MiniMe Jan 31 '16 at 19:43
  • @eryksun That is the problem, the link is dead – MiniMe Jan 31 '16 at 19:44
  • @user2059078, the link is not dead for me, but try Steve Dower's [AKA link](http://aka.ms/vcpython27). For me it resolves to the same path. Steve Dower is the Microsoft programmer on the Visual Studio team, and Python core developer, who requested Microsoft to distribute this unsupported version of VC++ for Python 2.7. – Eryk Sun Jan 31 '16 at 19:58
  • @user2059078, both links worked a minute ago when I posted the comments. But now I can't even reliably load the [Download Center](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/default.aspx). Clearly there are problems with the server at the moment. Try again later. – Eryk Sun Jan 31 '16 at 20:08
  • I don't have enough fingers for Microsoft's incompetency! https://github.com/reider-roque/sulley-win-installer/blob/master/VCForPython27.msi If anybody is looking for this Google for VCForPython27.msi – MiniMe Jan 31 '16 at 20:35