I'm trying to install cx_Freeze on python 3.4 using:
pip install --trusted-host pypi.org --trusted-host files.pythonhosted.org --trusted-host pypi.python.org cx_freeze
However, i'm getting the error
creating build\temp.win-amd64-3.4\Release\source
C:\VS10\VC\Bin\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /MD /W3 /GS- /DNDEBUG - IC:\Python34\include -IC:\Python34\include /Tcsource/util.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-3.4\Release\source/util.obj
util.c
C:\VS10\VC\Bin\link.exe /DLL /nologo /INCREMENTAL:NO /LIBPATH:C:\Python34\libs /LIBPATH:C:\Python34\PCbuild\amd64 imagehlp.lib Shlwapi.lib /EXPORT:PyInit_util build\temp.win-amd64-3.4\Release\source/util.obj /OUT:build\lib.win-amd64-3.4\cx_Freeze\util.pyd /IMPLIB:build\temp.win-amd64-3.4\Release\source\util.lib /MANIFESTFILE:build\temp.win-amd64-3.4\Release\source\util.pyd.manifest
LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'imagehlp.lib'
error: command 'C:\VS10\VC\Bin\link.exe' failed with exit status 1181
Any ideas how to get around this?
The current/default version of cx_Freeze is 5.1.1, and it supports Python 2.7, 3.5 and 3.6 only.
The latest version of cx_Freeze which supports Python 3.4 is 5.0.2. See the cx_Freeze release notes and the cx-freeze tag info. So you probably should try
pip install [...] cx_Freeze==5.0.2
where [...] stands for the additional options of your install command.
I'm not sure whether this incompatibility of versions is the root cause of the specific error you have reported, but it will cause issues at some point in your project.