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FATAL: Error, Visual Studio required for using ClangCL on Windows

while trying to use Nuitka on anaconda prompt to obfuscate python script pass.py
(would like to use clang compiler not gcc)
after typing below cmd:

python -m nuitka --clang --follow-imports pass.py

it shows this error message:

FATAL: Error, Visual Studio required for using ClangCL on Windows.

However I've installed Microsoft visual studio community 2022 edition with C++ and python packages
where is the problem?

Solution

  • it solved by below steps:
    1)installed individual components from visual studio installer:

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    2)added to path system variable: clang.exe, clang++.exe and clang-cl.exe paths, in my system they are in:

      C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\Llvm\bin
  C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\Llvm\x64\bin
  C:\Users\Dalia\anaconda3\pkgs\clang-14.0.6-h44fa016_0\Library\bin\