[FIXED] Installing python-ldap in a virtualenv on Windows

Issue

I'm working on a Django project that is using an ldap authentication module. This is working on our server but I am running into issues getting this running on my windows dev machine.

My environment is using virtualevn and when trying to install pip python-ldap I receive the following message:

error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat

Does anyone have any idea what could be going wrong?

Solution

Unfortunately, many Python modules have trouble installing on Windows. The error you're receiving is one that I was never able to get fixed, even given the vast amount of information available on the web. Give this link a try for a pre-compiled version: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#python-ldap

Answered By - Brandon Taylor