cmd - Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output - while installing auto-py-to-exe through pip

Question

I am trying to download auto-py-to-exe on a different (windows) device than I usually use through pip. However when run I get the error (sorry it is so very very long):

ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: 'c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32python.exe' -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-aplljhe0\gevent\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\Users\tom\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-aplljhe0\gevent\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'
'"'"', '"'"'
'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' egg_info --egg-base 'C:UsersomAppDataLocalTemppip-install-aplljhe0geventpip-egg-info'
         cwd: C:UsersomAppDataLocalTemppip-install-aplljhe0gevent
    Complete output (113 lines):
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolsmsvc.py", line 489, in _find_latest_available_vc_ver
        return self.find_available_vc_vers()[-1]
    IndexError: list index out of range

    During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolssandbox.py", line 154, in save_modules
        yield saved
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolssandbox.py", line 195, in setup_context
        yield
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolssandbox.py", line 250, in run_setup
        _execfile(setup_script, ns)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolssandbox.py", line 45, in _execfile
        exec(code, globals, locals)
      File "C:UsersomAppDataLocalTempeasy_install-29et0so1cffi-1.14.0setup.py", line 127, in <module>
        HUB_PRIMITIVES = Extension(name="gevent.__hub_primitives",
      File "C:UsersomAppDataLocalTempeasy_install-29et0so1cffi-1.14.0setup.py", line 105, in uses_msvc
        include_dirs=include_dirs)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libdistutilscommandconfig.py", line 225, in try_compile
        self._compile(body, headers, include_dirs, lang)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libdistutilscommandconfig.py", line 132, in _compile
        self.compiler.compile([src], include_dirs=include_dirs)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libdistutils\_msvccompiler.py", line 360, in compile
        self.initialize()
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libdistutils\_msvccompiler.py", line 253, in initialize
        vc_env = _get_vc_env(plat_spec)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolsmsvc.py", line 185, in msvc14_get_vc_env
        return EnvironmentInfo(plat_spec, vc_min_ver=14.0).return_env()
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolsmsvc.py", line 843, in __init__
        self.si = SystemInfo(self.ri, vc_ver)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolsmsvc.py", line 485, in __init__
        self.vc_ver = vc_ver or self._find_latest_available_vc_ver()
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolsmsvc.py", line 492, in _find_latest_available_vc_ver
        raise distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError(err)
    distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required. Get it with "Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/

    During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "C:UsersomAppDataLocalTemppip-install-aplljhe0geventsetup.py", line 427, in <module>
        run_setup(EXT_MODULES, run_make=_BUILDING)
      File "C:UsersomAppDataLocalTemppip-install-aplljhe0geventsetup.py", line 328, in run_setup
        setup(
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptools\__init__.py", line 144, in setup
        _install_setup_requires(attrs)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptools\__init__.py", line 139, in _install_setup_requires
        dist.fetch_build_eggs(dist.setup_requires)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolsdist.py", line 716, in fetch_build_eggs
        resolved_dists = pkg_resources.working_set.resolve(
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagespkg_resources\__init__.py", line 780, in resolve
        dist = best[req.key] = env.best_match(
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagespkg_resources\__init__.py", line 1065, in best_match
        return self.obtain(req, installer)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagespkg_resources\__init__.py", line 1077, in obtain
        return installer(requirement)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolsdist.py", line 786, in fetch_build_egg
        return cmd.easy_install(req)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolscommandeasy_install.py", line 679, in easy_install
        return self.install_item(spec, dist.location, tmpdir, deps)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolscommandeasy_install.py", line 705, in install_item
        dists = self.install_eggs(spec, download, tmpdir)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolscommandeasy_install.py", line 890, in install_eggs
        return self.build_and_install(setup_script, setup_base)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolscommandeasy_install.py", line 1158, in build_and_install
        self.run_setup(setup_script, setup_base, args)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolscommandeasy_install.py", line 1144, in run_setup
        run_setup(setup_script, args)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolssandbox.py", line 253, in run_setup
        raise
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libcontextlib.py", line 131, in __exit__
        self.gen.throw(type, value, traceback)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolssandbox.py", line 195, in setup_context
        yield
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libcontextlib.py", line 131, in __exit__
        self.gen.throw(type, value, traceback)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolssandbox.py", line 166, in save_modules
        saved_exc.resume()
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolssandbox.py", line 141, in resume
        six.reraise(type, exc, self._tb)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptools\_vendorsix.py", line 685, in reraise
        raise value.with_traceback(tb)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolssandbox.py", line 154, in save_modules
        yield saved
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolssandbox.py", line 195, in setup_context
        yield
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolssandbox.py", line 250, in run_setup
        _execfile(setup_script, ns)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolssandbox.py", line 45, in _execfile
        exec(code, globals, locals)
      File "C:UsersomAppDataLocalTempeasy_install-29et0so1cffi-1.14.0setup.py", line 127, in <module>
        HUB_PRIMITIVES = Extension(name="gevent.__hub_primitives",
      File "C:UsersomAppDataLocalTempeasy_install-29et0so1cffi-1.14.0setup.py", line 105, in uses_msvc
        include_dirs=include_dirs)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libdistutilscommandconfig.py", line 225, in try_compile
        self._compile(body, headers, include_dirs, lang)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libdistutilscommandconfig.py", line 132, in _compile
        self.compiler.compile([src], include_dirs=include_dirs)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libdistutils\_msvccompiler.py", line 360, in compile
        self.initialize()
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libdistutils\_msvccompiler.py", line 253, in initialize
        vc_env = _get_vc_env(plat_spec)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolsmsvc.py", line 185, in msvc14_get_vc_env
        return EnvironmentInfo(plat_spec, vc_min_ver=14.0).return_env()
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolsmsvc.py", line 843, in __init__
        self.si = SystemInfo(self.ri, vc_ver)
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolsmsvc.py", line 485, in __init__
        self.vc_ver = vc_ver or self._find_latest_available_vc_ver()
      File "c:usersomappdatalocalprogramspythonpython38-32libsite-packagessetuptoolsmsvc.py", line 492, in _find_latest_available_vc_ver
        raise distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError(err)
    distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required. Get it with "Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
    ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.

Even though it does state that I need Visual Studio C++ 14.0 my computer won't install it and I have not needed it before. I checked This Stack Overflow Question but it relates to another pip install and has no answers. If the only answer is to install Visual Studio then I am kinda screwed.

Answer 1

Edit

Since this answer was posted, gevent has released several new versions, including prebuilt wheels for Python 3.8 on Windows, so the pip install gevent --pre shouldn't be necessary anymore - just run pip install auto-py-to-exe as usual and it should work.

Original answer

Allow prerelease gevent versions via

$ pip install gevent --pre
$ pip install auto-py-to-exe

Explanation: auto-py-to-exe is installable on Python 3.8 on Windows without any issues (this can be verified e.g. by running pip install auto-py-to-exe --no-deps). However, it requires bottle-websocket to be installed, which in turn has gevent dependency. gevent did not release a stable version that offers prebuilt wheels for Python 3.8 yet (this would be 1.5), so pip doesn't pick up prebuilt wheels and tries to build gevent==1.4 from source dist. Installing the prerelease 1.5 version of gevent avoids this.