title: got an error while installing pyodbc in virtual enviornment
body: <p>I have created a virtual environment for flask development.now, I want to install pyodbc to connect with sql server. I tried to install with  <code>pip install pyodbc</code> in my virtual environment. I got following error-</p>
  
  <pre><code>Collecting pyodbc
    Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/75/29/aa190749bac37ede0f11a68a75e7055254699c11572bd94213f1163dfd8f/pyodbc-4.0.27.tar.gz
  Building wheels for collected packages: pyodbc
    Building wheel for pyodbc (setup.py) ... error
  
  &gt;ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: 'C:\Users\bitre\Anaconda3\envs\flaskEnv\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\bitre\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-313n7fr3\\pyodbc\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\bitre\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-313n7fr3\\pyodbc\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' bdist_wheel -d 'C:\Users\bitre\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-49fya41s' --python-tag cp38
         cwd: C:\Users\bitre\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-313n7fr3\pyodbc\
    Complete output (5 lines):
    running bdist_wheel
    running build
    running build_ext
    building 'pyodbc' extension
    error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required. Get it with "Build Tools for Visual Studio": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
    ----------------------------------------
    &gt;ERROR: Failed building wheel for pyodbc
    Running setup.py clean for pyodbc
  Failed to build pyodbc
  Installing collected packages: pyodbc
      Running setup.py install for pyodbc ... error
      ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
       command: 'C:\Users\bitre\Anaconda3\envs\flaskEnv\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\bitre\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-313n7fr3\\pyodbc\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\bitre\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-313n7fr3\\pyodbc\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\bitre\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-645ww_jo\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile
           cwd: C:\Users\bitre\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-313n7fr3\pyodbc\
      Complete output (5 lines):
      running install
      running build
      running build_ext
      building 'pyodbc' extension
      error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required. Get it with "Build Tools for Visual Studio": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
      ----------------------------------------
  ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: 'C:\Users\bitre\Anaconda3\envs\flaskEnv\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\bitre\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-313n7fr3\\pyodbc\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\bitre\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-313n7fr3\\pyodbc\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\bitre\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-645ww_jo\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile Check the logs for full command output.
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  <p>I tried outside virtual Environment, 
  <code>Requirement already satisfied: pyodbc in c:\users\bitre\anaconda3\lib\site-packages (4.0.26)</code></p>