Can't Build Mod_wsgi On Windows 10 - "cannot Open Include File: 'ws2tcpip.h'" - Have Vs 2019 Build Tools

I have apache 2.4 installed (64 bit), python 3.7 (64 bit) (installed from Anaconda, if that matters) and VS 2019 C++ build tools, with the SDK and everything else required to build

Solution 1:

I just solved the same problem. My config is Windows 10, Python 3.8.1, Apache2.4.39-Win64-VC15-OpenSSL1.1.1b, mod-wsgi 4.7.1.

1) I installed using Build Tools

• Visual Studio Build Tools Main Components
• SDK for Windows 10 (10.0.18362.0) since I'm using Windows 10
• MSVC 140 - C++ VS 2015 (v.14.00)

2) Then I added C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin to PATH

3) Then I got the next error:

'apr_perms_set.h': No such file ordirectory'.

I downloaded the file and put it into $APACHE_DIR\include

4) Then I got third error:

fatal error LNK1158: cannot run ‘rc.exe’.
error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\\VC\\BIN\\x86_amd64\\link.exe' failed with exitstatus1158

I took following files rc.exe rcdll.dll from C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.18362.0\x86 and paste them into C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin

5) Congratulations!

Solution 2:

To anyone who had this issue, the following github issue helped me resolve it: https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi/issues/194

I had already installed Visual C++ Redistributable, so I was confused why pip install mod_wsgi still was not working.

All I ended up having to do was install Windows 10 SDK from https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/sdk-archive/

(might also need 8.1 if it still does not work)