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# Installing Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0
A common issue that you might run into whilst installing dependencies, is the following:
If you look closely, it mentions that C++ is not installed which is required for some packages that are used in this book.
We can prevent this error either by installing the packages with conda using this guide or by installing Visual C++ separately.
To do so, you first need to go to https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/ and download the build tools by clicking on "Download Build Tools":
After doing so, you can start the application and press "Continue". It will download a number of small files needed for prepare the installer.
When the installer is finished preparing you should see a screen that describes a number of things you can download and install.
We are only interested in C++ so select "Desktop development with C++" to prepare a list of installs that we are interested in:
After doing so, you will already see a number of installs checked. When you click "Install" it should install everything that is necessary for your environment.
