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Title: Cannot locate MSBuild.exe on PATH or as MSBUILD variable
Type: compile error Stage: resolved
Components: Windows Versions: Python 3.6
process
Status: closed Resolution:
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: Amen8, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2020-07-05 09:09 by Amen8, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (2)
msg373020 - (view) Author: Amine (Amen8) Date: 2020-07-05 09:09
I am running windows10. I HAVE to use python 3.6 for a project
downloaded it and followed the instructions in PCBuild/readme.txt
and I got the following output: (I would like to mention i checked this issue #33675 but I had no idea what is it talking about, am not using a "Buildbot")

C:\Users\Amine\Downloads\Python-3.6.11\Python-3.6.11\PCbuild>build.bat -e
Using "C:\Users\Amine\Downloads\Python-3.6.11\Python-3.6.11\PCbuild\\..\externals\pythonx86\tools\python.exe" (found in externals directory)      
Fetching external libraries...
bzip2-1.0.6 already exists, skipping.
openssl-1.0.2q already exists, skipping.
sqlite-3.21.0.0 already exists, skipping.
tcl-core-8.6.6.0 already exists, skipping.
tk-8.6.6.0 already exists, skipping.
tix-8.4.3.6 already exists, skipping.
xz-5.2.2 already exists, skipping.
Fetching external binaries...
nasm-2.11.06 already exists, skipping.
Finished.
Cannot locate MSBuild.exe on PATH or as MSBUILD variable

C:\Users\Amine\Downloads\Python-3.6.11\Python-3.6.11\PCbuild>
msg373023 - (view) Author: Amine (Amen8) Date: 2020-07-05 09:31
I added the path manually to env variables. and this particular issue has been resolved
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:59:33adminsetgithub: 85385
2020-07-05 09:31:13Amen8setstatus: open -> closed

messages: + msg373023
stage: resolved
2020-07-05 09:09:23Amen8create