安装python-espeak报错，需Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0及以上版本求解决

问题重现 #

执行命令 pip install python-espeak 时出现构建wheel失败，核心报错：

error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required. Get it with "Microsoft C++ Build Tools"

完整命令行输出：

C:\Users\akhil>pip install python-espeak
        Collecting python-espeak
          Downloading python-espeak-0.6.3.tar.gz (9.1 kB)
          Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done
        Building wheels for collected packages: python-espeak
          Building wheel for python-espeak (setup.py) ... error
          error: subprocess-exited-with-error
        × python setup.py bdist_wheel did not run successfully.
          │ exit code: 1
          ╰─> [10 lines of output]
              running bdist_wheel
              running build
              running build_py
              creating build
              creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.9
              creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.9\espeak
              copying espeak\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.9\espeak
              running build_ext
              building 'espeak.core' extension
              error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required. Get it with "Microsoft C++ Build Tools": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/
              [end of output]
        
          note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
          ERROR: Failed building wheel for python-espeak
          Running setup.py clean for python-espeak
        Failed to build python-espeak
        Installing collected packages: python-espeak
          Running setup.py install for python-espeak ... error
          error: subprocess-exited-with-error
        
          × Running setup.py install for python-espeak did not run successfully.
          │ exit code: 1
          ╰─> [10 lines of output]
              running install
              running build
              running build_py
              creating build
              creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.9
              creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.9\espeak
              copying espeak\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.9\espeak
              running build_ext
              building 'espeak.core' extension
              error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required. Get it with "Microsoft C++ Build Tools": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/
              [end of output]
        
          note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
        error: legacy-install-failure
        
        × Encountered error while trying to install package.
        ╰─> python-espeak
        
        note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
        hint: See above for output from the failure.

解决方法 #

方法1：安装VC++构建工具 #

• 下载Microsoft C++ Build Tools安装程序，运行后勾选**Desktop development with C++**组件（包含VC++14.0及以上的编译工具链）
• 完成安装后重启命令行终端，再次执行 pip install python-espeak

方法2：使用预编译wheel包（跳过编译） #

• 找到对应你Python版本（比如3.9）和系统架构（win-amd64）的python-espeak预编译wheel文件
• 下载后执行 pip install 你的wheel文件名.whl 完成安装，这种方式不需要本地编译，也就不用依赖VC++工具

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者Dr Strange