Why does azure-storage-blob require Rust compiler?

[guteksan]

• azure-storage-blob**:
• 12.8.1:
• Windows 10:
• Python 3.7.0:

I am trying to install azure-storage-blob, using both command line and PyCharm package manager

pip install azure-storage-blob

results in: error: can't find Rust compiler

Full log here:
azure-storage-blob_install_failure.txt

Someone who wants to just install this module to use blob clients, should not be required to install compilers.

[rakshith91]

@guteksan Thanks for reporting the concern! We'll investigate this asap

[tasherif-msft]

Hi @guteksan, this appears to be related to the cryptography package which is one of our dependencies. Could you try the instructions here https://cryptography.io/en/latest/faq/#installing-cryptography-fails-with-error-can-not-find-rust-compiler