Fix "Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0+ Required" for Python Installs

Pain point

pip fails with "Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required" when building wheels from source.

Repro/diagnostic steps

1. Capture the full pip error (look for "Failed building wheel" / "build_ext" sections).
2. Check Python version and whether a prebuilt wheel exists for that package + version.

Root causes (common)

• No wheel available for your Python version/architecture (pip falls back to building from source).
• MSVC Build Tools not installed or incomplete.
• Toolchain mismatch (SDK headers, compiler version, PATH issues).

Fix workflow

1. Prefer installing packages with wheels (pin Python to a version supported by wheels if needed).
2. Install Visual Studio Build Tools with "Desktop development with C++" workload.
3. Re-run pip with a clean build cache, capture logs, and confirm the compiler is detected.

Expected result

• pip installs succeed without build_ext failure, or you choose an alternate Python/package version that has wheels.

References

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64261546/how-to-solve-error-microsoft-visual-c-14-0-or-greater-is-required-when-inst
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/419525/microsoft-visual-c-14-0-or-greater-is-required
• https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/2214