distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat

[Dragoonov]

I cannot get it to work both on my stationary PC and on laptop. I got the same error:

File "C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 353, in main() File "C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 335, in main json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs']) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Program Files\Python311\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 118, in get_requires_for_build_wheel return hook(config_settings) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\drago\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-1aa9hrdo\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 355, in get_requires_for_build_wheel return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=['wheel']) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\drago\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-1aa9hrdo\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 325, in _get_build_requires self.run_setup() File "C:\Users\drago\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-1aa9hrdo\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 507, in run_setup super(_BuildMetaLegacyBackend, self).run_setup(setup_script=setup_script) File "C:\Users\drago\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-1aa9hrdo\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 341, in run_setup exec(code, locals()) File "", line 359, in File "C:\Users\drago\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-zpsl8dp8\pygame_9bb69c7b58aa4ce08e8462093e7d1456\buildconfig\config.py", line 225, in main deps = CFG.main(**kwds) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\drago\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-zpsl8dp8\pygame_9bb69c7b58aa4ce08e8462093e7d1456\buildconfig\config_win.py", line 511, in main return setup_prebuilt_sdl2(prebuilt_dir) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\drago\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-zpsl8dp8\pygame_9bb69c7b58aa4ce08e8462093e7d1456\buildconfig\config_win.py", line 471, in setup_prebuilt_sdl2 DEPS.configure() File "C:\Users\drago\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-zpsl8dp8\pygame_9bb69c7b58aa4ce08e8462093e7d1456\buildconfig\config_win.py", line 336, in configure from . import vstools File "C:\Users\drago\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-zpsl8dp8\pygame_9bb69c7b58aa4ce08e8462093e7d1456\buildconfig\vstools.py", line 11, in compiler.initialize() File "C:\Users\drago\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-1aa9hrdo\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\msvc9compiler.py", line 403, in initialize vc_env = query_vcvarsall(VERSION, plat_spec) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\drago\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-1aa9hrdo\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\msvc9compiler.py", line 281, in query_vcvarsall raise DistutilsPlatformError("Unable to find vcvarsall.bat") distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat [end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip. error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully. │ exit code: 1 ╰─> See above for output.

I tried installing MS C++, Visual Studio, but issue persists. Any ideas?

[Adri6336]

I think this was an issue with the pygame version I was specifying in my requirements txt.

I just added a couple of installers to the project, windows-install.bat and gpt-vcc.bat (this installs if installation not ran previously, then starts or just installs) that you can try running. I also updated the requirements text file to not specify that version anymore.

Please try installing again after pulling the latest version and let me know if it works for you