installation on windows

[francismotta]

Tried

pip install "/path/to/gda-tools/"

on Windows 10 Pro, Version 1709, OS Build 16299.371. Install failed with error message indicated that visual c++ 14.0 was required and missing. The link provided in the error message directs to the current release, not 14.0, and the current release of visual c++ is not compatible with the gda-tools installer (same error message as without any installation of visual c++ build tools). After installation of visual c++ build tools 2015 (v14.0) installation again failed with

LINK : 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 exit status 1158

Solved by manually copying rc.exe and rcdll.dll from C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\bin\x86 to
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin\x86_amd64.