title: Installing libqrencode on windows for python
body: <p>I am working on creating QR codes with a Python project, but I need to install <a href="http://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/index.html.en" rel="nofollow">this</a> library for qrencode, and I am not able to install it on Windows. I have tried everything: Cygwin, MinGW, Microsoft VC++, but I'm not able to build this library on Windows. Please  help me out by focusing on the correct way to install it on Windows using Python26.</p>
  
  <p>Using VC++ I am getting <a href="https://www.enthought.com/repo/pypi/logs/Windows/amd64/qrencode-1.0.txt" rel="nofollow">this</a> error.</p>
  
  <p>After I do <code>pip install qrencode</code>, I get:</p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\amd64\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /MD /W3 /GS- /DNDEBUG -IC:\Python27\include -IC:\Python27\PC /Tcqr_encode.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-2.7\Release\qr_encode.obj
  qr_encode.c
  qr_encode.c(3) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'qrencode.h': No such file           or directory
  error: command '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio     9.0\VC\BIN\amd64\cl.exe"' failed with exit status 2
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If i use MinGW it asks for more and more libraries to install. Please suggest to me the correct way to install qrencode library, or if someone has the build, please share it with me so that I can use it.</p>