PyAnsys Installation Error “Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required”

olvicam

Hello,

I am installing PyAnsys and get the error “Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required”:

But the matter is that I have already got it installed:

Could you give me a hint what is the matter?

Thanks

German Martinez

Hi @olvicam

Which command did you use? Why aren't you using a virtual environment?

olvicam

Hi @German Martinez

Thanks for the feedback.

I am using the command given in the manual (... -m pip install...).

Well, I do not use a virtual environment because I am not aware how it impact the matter.
Could you give me a hint?

Thanks

German Martinez

It is always recommended to use venv to work with python because otherwise you are installing python packages system-wide and it might find issues with that.

I would start by creating a venv in your directory:

python3 -m venv .venv
.venv/Scripts/Activate.ps
 
pip install ansys-mapdl-reader

olvicam

@German Martinez , thanks for your hint and for what I learnt.
Yes, I created the virtual environment (in Windows PowerShell the second command is

1. <venv>\Scripts\Activate.ps1 

but it is not any kind of criticism, just to confirm that I did follow your advice).

Unfortunately it ended up with the same outcome as before...

So it seams that I have to reinstall the Microsoft Visual C++ if you do not have any other idea...

Thanks