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Last time I tried doing this, it was very unclear to me if there was a way to download the VS compiler without giving an email address or logging in or somethin
by x1798DE 11y ago
Last time I tried doing this, it was very unclear to me if there was a way to download the VS compiler without giving an email address or logging in or something to Microsoft. In the end, this was one of the big drivers that pushed me over the edge to switching to 100% Linux.
- dr_zoidberg 11y agoThis is the link where you download the MSVC for Python 2.7 installer: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44266 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=442... Once it loads, close the survey popup thay may or may not appear and hit the download button. No need to login or put your email or anything. I thought you were going to say that even with it installed, there are rare ocassions where the system doesn't acknowledge the existance of MSVC, for example Cython. I thought the post might give a solution to that particular issue, but so far it seems nothing has changed in that aspect.
- x1798DE 11y agoWell, I don't need it now because I'm off Windows permanently, and I would use Python 3.x even if I were, but it's good to know that something like this is available. I was sorta wondering if the situation had changed since I looked about 18 months ago.