DistutilsPlatformError: Microsoft Visual C++ 10.0 is required

[ga...@fidalgo.net]

I'm trying to build an extension for Python 3. I'm using the example code in the book "Python Essential Reference", 4ed. I have it working for Python 2. But when I try to build it for Python 3 I get the following error:

 

distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: Microsoft Visual C++ 10.0 is required (
Unable to find vcvarsall.bat).

 

How do I fix this?

 

I'm using Python 3.4.3, obtained from Anaconda, on Win XP

 

Thanks in advance

Gary Richardson

 

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# setup.py

from setuptools import setup, Extension

 

setup(name="example",
        version = "1.0",
        ext_modules = [ Extension("_example", ["pyexample.c", "example.c"])
            ]
        )