Q:

error: command 'C:\\ Visual Studio\\2017\\Community\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.14.26428\\bin\\HostX86\\x64\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2

Hi so I was trying to pip install python-ldap using my git bash but at first it told me that i don't have cl.exe so i downloaded the visual studio C++ pack now it's showing this error 
 error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2017\\Community\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.14.26428\\bin\\HostX86\\x64\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2

I never coded with C++ so I'm not sure what the error is. I downloaded the CLI tools for C++ too and I don't think it's because the cl.exe isn't in the path since it found it. Any insights ??

A:

There doesn't seem to be a valid solution for this error but one workaround is to install the windows binary package from https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#python-ldap

