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I am trying to install PyHook using PIP. When I run the command on cmd pip install pyhook3 I get a C1080 error that tells me there is no such .h file located in my directory. I traced the directory, downloaded the file and it showed me another. I kept doing this until I noticed that there seems to be no end. There seems to be a lot of missing .h files in this includes folder C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\include directory. I don't want to have to download or copy and paste source code for each of these files. Is there any way to get all of them at once, or am I missing the plot entirely?

Kai
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  • you don't have download and copy each file manually. Usually they are a part of a downloadable package that you can install. Installing such a package will usually install all required files for the given library. – sid-m Nov 30 '19 at 13:02

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pyhook is a Python package with binary dependencies.

When running pip install pyhook3 you download the source and ask your computer to build it so it can be installed. It thus requires a compiler and a set of header files that are apparently missing for you.

A workaround may be to download manually a compiled version of this package and install it.

You can find on this page a set of binary wheel for pyhook (not pyhook3) for python3 (32 or 64 bit). Once you have downloaded the correct .whl, you can install it with pip install the_filename_you_have_downloaded.whl

Guillaume Jacquenot
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