# Help! Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required. Get it with "Microsoft C++ Build Tools": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/ **URL:** \ **Category:** Windows\ **Created:** [21 December 2023 17:47 UTC](https://iplug2.discourse.group/t/help-microsoft-visual-c-14-0-or-greater-is-required-get-it-with-microsoft-c-build-tools-https-visualstudio-microsoft-com-visual-cpp-build-tools/848 "2023-12-21T17:47:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Chopinist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@The\_Chopinist](https://iplug2.discourse.group/u/The_Chopinist)\ **Post date:** [21 December 2023 17:47 UTC](https://iplug2.discourse.group/t/help-microsoft-visual-c-14-0-or-greater-is-required-get-it-with-microsoft-c-build-tools-https-visualstudio-microsoft-com-visual-cpp-build-tools/848/1 "2023-12-21T17:47:19Z")
Here is the cmd promt ect, `C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\>pip install matplotlib==3.3.3 Collecting matplotlib==3.3.3 Using cached matplotlib-3.3.3.tar.gz (37.9 MB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) … done \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_– Requirement already satisfied: cycler\>=0.10 in InitializeBuildStatus: Creating “.......\objs\vc2010\x64\Release\freetype.tlog\unsuccessfulbuild” because “AlwaysCreate” was specified. ClCompile: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\bin\HostX86\x64\CL.exe /c /I…....\include /nologo /W4 /WX- /diagnostics:column /MP /Ox /Ob2 /Oi /Oy /GT /D NDEBUG /D WIN32 /D \_LIB /D \_CRT\_SECURE\_NO\_WARNINGS /D FT2\_BUILD\_LIBRARY /D \_MBCS /GF /Gm- /EHsc /MD /GS /Gy /arch:SSE2 /fp:precise /fp:except- /Za /Zc:wchar\_t /Zc:forScope /Zc:inline /Fo".......\objs\vc2010\x64\Release\" /external:W4 /Gd /TC /wd4001 /FC /errorReport:queue …....\src\autofit\autofit.c …....\src\base\ftbitmap.c …....\src\base\ftfstype.c …....\src\base\ftgasp.c …....\src\base\ftstroke.c …....\src\base\ftbbox.c …....\src\base\ftfntfmt.c …....\src\base\ftpfr.c …....\src\base\ftsynth.c …....\src\base\fttype1.c …....\src\base\ftwinfnt.c …....\src\base\ftlcdfil.c …....\src\base\ftgxval.c …....\src\base\ftotval.c …....\src\base\ftpatent.c cl : command line warning D9002: ignoring unknown option ‘/arch:SSE2’ [C:\Users\trayy\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-7k1clmu0\matplotlib\_332e303fb532430297977a86897e985a\build\freetype-2.6.1\builds\windows\vc2010\freetype.vcxproj] cl : command line warning D9002: ignoring unknown option ‘/arch:SSE2’ [C:\Users\trayy\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-7k1clmu0\matplotlib\_332e303fb532430297977a86897e985a\build\freetype-2.6.1\builds\windows\vc2010\freetype.vcxproj] autofit.c cl : command line warning D9002: ignoring unknown option ‘/arch:SSE2’ [C:\Users\trayy\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-7k1clmu0\matplotlib\_332e303fb532430297977a86897e985a\build\freetype-2.6.1\builds\windows\vc2010\freetype.vcxproj] ftbitmap.c cl : command line warning D9002: ignoring unknown option ‘/arch:SSE2’ [C:\Users\trayy\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-7k1clmu0\matplotlib\_332e303fb532430297977a86897e985a\build\freetype-2.6.1\builds\windows\vc2010\freetype.vcxproj] ftfstype.c cl : command line warning D9002: ignoring unknown option ‘/arch:SSE2’ [C:\Users\trayy\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-7k1clmu0\matplotlib\_332e303fb532430297977a86897e985a\build\freetype-2.6.1\builds\windows\vc2010\freetype.vcxproj] ftgasp.c ftstroke.c ftbbox.c ftfntfmt.c ftpfr.c ftsynth.c fttype1.c ftwinfnt.c ftlcdfil.c ftgxval.c ftotval.c ftpatent.c C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\bin\HostX86\x64\CL.exe /c /I…....\include /nologo /W4 /WX- /diagnostics:column /MP /O2 /Ob2 /Oi /Oy /GT /D NDEBUG /D WIN32 /D \_LIB /D \_CRT\_SECURE\_NO\_WARNINGS /D FT2\_BUILD\_LIBRARY /D \_MBCS /GF /Gm- /EHsc /MD /GS /Gy /arch:SSE2 /fp:precise /fp:except- /Za /Zc:wchar\_t /Zc:forScope /Zc:inline /Fo".......\objs\vc2010\x64\Release\" /external:W4 /Gd /TC /wd4001 /FC /errorReport:queue …....\src\bdf\bdf.c …....\src\cff\cff.c …....\src\base\ftbase.c …....\src\cache\ftcache.c …....\src\base\ftglyph.c …....\src\gzip\ftgzip.c …....\src\base\ftinit.c …....\src\lzw\ftlzw.c …....\src\base\ftsystem.c …....\src\smooth\smooth.c …....\src\base\ftmm.c …....\src\pcf\pcf.c …....\src\pfr\pfr.c …....\src\psaux\psaux.c …....\src\pshinter\pshinter.c …....\src\psnames\psmodule.c …....\src\raster\raster.c …....\src\sfnt\sfnt.c …....\src\truetype\truetype.c …....\src\type1\type1.c …....\src\cid\type1cid.c …....\src\type42\type42.c …....\src\winfonts\winfnt.c cl : command line warning D9002: ignoring unknown option ‘/arch:SSE2’ [C:\Users\trayy\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-7k1clmu0\matplotlib\_332e303fb532430297977a86897e985a\build\freetype-2.6.1\builds\windows\vc2010\freetype.vcxproj] cl : command line warning D9002: ignoring unknown option ‘/arch:SSE2’ [C:\Users\trayy\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-7k1clmu0\matplotlib\_332e303fb532430297977a86897e985a\build\freetype-2.6.1\builds\windows\vc2010\freetype.vcxproj] bdf.c cl : command line warning D9002: ignoring unknown option ‘/arch:SSE2’ [C:\Users\trayy\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-7k1clmu0\matplotlib\_332e303fb532430297977a86897e985a\build\freetype-2.6.1\builds\windows\vc2010\freetype.vcxproj] cff.c cl : command line warning D9002: ignoring unknown option ‘/arch:SSE2’ [C:\Users\trayy\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-7k1clmu0\matplotlib\_332e303fb532430297977a86897e985a\build\freetype-2.6.1\builds\windows\vc2010\freetype.vcxproj] ftbase.c cl : command line warning D9002: ignoring unknown option ‘/arch:SSE2’ [C:\Users\trayy\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-7k1clmu0\matplotlib\_332e303fb532430297977a86897e985a\build\freetype-2.6.1\builds\windows\vc2010\freetype.vcxproj] ftcache.c ftglyph.c ftgzip.c C:\Users\trayy\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install- * * * 2.6.1\builds\windows\vc2010\freetype.vcxproj] ftinit.c ftlzw.c ftsystem.c smooth.c ftmm.c pcf.c pfr.c psaux.c pshinter.c psmodule.c raster.c sfnt.c truetype.c type1.c type1cid.c C:\Users\trayy\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install- * * * svn\src\_backend\_agg.cp311-win\_amd64.lib and object build\temp.win32-cpython-311\Release\extern\agg24-svn\src\_backend\_agg.cp311-win\_amd64.exp \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PySequence\_Size \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_\_Py\_BuildValue\_SizeT \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyImport\_ImportModule \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PySequence\_GetItem \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyExc\_RuntimeError \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyExc\_MemoryError \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_\_Py\_NoneStruct \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyExc\_AttributeError \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyErr\_SetString \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyExc\_ValueError \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyErr\_Format \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyExc\_OverflowError \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_\_Py\_Dealloc \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyCapsule\_GetPointer \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyModule\_AddObject \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_\_PyArg\_ParseTuple\_SizeT \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyModule\_Create2 \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyType\_Ready \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyObject\_GetAttrString \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PySequence\_Check \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyBytes\_FromStringAndSize \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyCapsule\_Type \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyExc\_ImportError \_backend\_agg\_wrapper.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyErr\_Print mplutils.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyLong\_FromLong mplutils.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyDict\_SetItemString py\_converters.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyErr\_WarnEx py\_converters.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyBytes\_AsString py\_converters.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyErr\_Occurred py\_converters.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyFloat\_AsDouble py\_converters.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyUnicode\_AsASCIIString py\_converters.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_\_PyObject\_CallMethod\_SizeT py\_converters.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyErr\_Clear py\_converters.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyExc\_FutureWarning py\_converters.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyLong\_AsVoidPtr py\_converters.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyObject\_HasAttrString py\_converters.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyExc\_TypeError py\_converters.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol \_\_imp\_\_PyObject\_IsTrue build\lib.win32-cpython-311\matplotlib\backends\_backend\_agg.cp311-win\_amd64.pyd : fatal error LNK1120: 38 unresolved externals error: command ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.29.30133\bin\HostX86\x86\link.exe’ failed with exit code 1120 [end of output] note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip. ERROR: Failed building wheel for matplotlib Running setup.py clean for matplotlib Failed to build matplotlib ERROR: Could not build wheels for matplotlib, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects` So I tried to install an app/python thingie that uses the DTW method of aligning “MIDI to audio” So I installed the Req.txt I ran into some panda errors etc but I finally got it fixed so then I tried to run “C:\Users\trayy\Downloads\dtw-app-main\dtw-app-main\app.py” and It said No matplotlib module found so I checked and it said it wasn’t installed so I tried installing (it has to be the matplotlib==3.3.3 version it’s the only way it will run) but I got an error saying " Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required. Get it with “Microsoft C++ Build Tools”: [Microsoft C++ Build Tools - Visual Studio](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/) " Note\* I have Microsoft VStools 2019 which I believe matplotlib==3.3.3. is compatible with, I tried both the 2015 and 2022 versions and got the same message. also, I included an image ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/iplug2/original/1X/d946eb7a9db8c564e47adeebc9f3f2bb47c9612a.png) of the modified components I added to VStools just in case I did something wrong. and here is the GitHub link to the DTW " [GitHub - aheidt/dtw-app: app to align midi with audio: step 1 - apply dynamic time warp algorithm, step 2 - manually adjust inconsistencies](https://github.com/aheidt/dtw-app) " How do I fix this? ---
**Author:** ![olilarkin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/iplug2.discourse.group/olilarkin/32/2_2.png) [@olilarkin](https://iplug2.discourse.group/u/olilarkin)\ **Post date:** [22 December 2023 20:00 UTC](https://iplug2.discourse.group/t/help-microsoft-visual-c-14-0-or-greater-is-required-get-it-with-microsoft-c-build-tools-https-visualstudio-microsoft-com-visual-cpp-build-tools/848/2 "2023-12-22T20:00:58Z")
This doesn’t seem to relate to iPlug2, best to ask on the GitHub page of the linked project