Can't Install Levenshtein Distance Package On Windows Python 3.5
Answer : While not solving your problem directly, you should be able to install the library using the excellent unofficial Windows binary reposistory here: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#python-levenshtein Download the .whl file and install it using pip: pip install python_Levenshtein-0.12.0-cp35-none-win_amd64.whl As for the error, I agree with Rogalski. You likely need a C compiler installed (like the free Visual Studio Community Edition). Edit: Sorry, I just noticed that this has already been suggested in one of your linked questions here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/29926192/6345502 - I hope it helps anyway! Had a similar issue, solved by installing another related library: python-Levenshtein-wheels ; pip install python-Levenshtein-wheels In case you are using Anaconda, try: conda install -c conda-forge python-levenshtein