I am trying to figure out how to install c++ 14.0 offline using suggestions from other Stackoverflow Q&A. But none of them seem to work. I need it for Cython. I don't want to install the binary version. I installed suggested redistributables and then restarted the server for paths to be applied properly but when I pip install cython.tar it still does not find the c++ 14.0 dependency. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The following are links to what I have installed based on other Stackoverflow answers:
Microsoft Build Tools 2015: https://www.microsoft.com/en-za/download/details.aspx?id=48159
Windows 10 SDK ISO: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-10-sdk
Then I restarted the windows server and I even ran the following command suggested by some other answers:
python -m pip install setuptools --upgrade
After months of researching and trying all sorts of methods the following has worked:
Step 1: Download the build_tools.exe of your choice
Step 2: Make sure you are on a machine with the exact same environment you are going to install the c++ dependencies on. i.e. If server is windows server 2016 64bit run a vm to emulate that exact environment.
Step 3: Goto this site to get a list of all possible components you can download in the next step - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/workload-component-id-vs-community?view=vs-2019
Step 4: Follow the following instructions to get a local cache download of your choice - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/create-an-offline-installation-of-visual-studio?view=vs-2019
Step 5: copy everything to the server and continue following the instructions from step 4
Step 6: restart the machine to apply paths properly
Step 7: copy rc.exe and rcdll.dll from C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.0\bin\x86 to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\bin
Step 8: Download the latest setuptools from pypi.org
Step 9: run the following command with admin rights python -m pip install path/to/setuptools.tar --upgrade
Step 10: Restart machine again to apply paths.
Once all steps are followed c++ 14.0 (or of your choice) will be installed properly and linked with no issues.