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