On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 7:55 AM, Robin Becker <ro...@reportlab.com> wrote: > I have installed VS2015; this is the full version and was a great deal of > trouble to install. First time out it started whining and I had to 'repair' > it. > > Anyhow after the 'repair' it said all was OK and no complaints. > > However, when I try to use it I don't see options for starting C++ projects, > but instead only C#.
This ... > I get an error like this trying to build for x86 or amd64 > > | building 'reportlab.lib._rl_accel' extension > Stderr: | error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat > > There is a folder "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC", > but it doesn't contain any batch scripts. ... and especially this make it sound like somehow the C++ options in the installer were not checked (or not enough of them were). I seem to remember having to be sure to choose options carefully, as they weren't selected by default. > Any ideas how to get this to work? Should I try a full reinstall of VS2015? > I can start the VS2015 Developer command prompt, but it doesn't then know > about the "cl" command. This also sounds like the C++ stuff just wasn't installed. I'm afraid reinstallation is probably your best bet. -- Zach -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
