Good evening everyone. I am trying to install pre...
# prefect-server
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Good evening everyone. I am trying to install prefect server and then pip install "prefect[dev]". When I do the installation on prefect[dev] I am getting the error below. I have setup a virtual environment in andaconda and I downloaded the prefect server docs from git. I'm new to programming so any help is appreciated. Creating library build\temp.win-amd64-3.10\Release\ast3/Custom\_ast3.cp310-win_amd64.lib and object build\temp.win-amd64-3.10\Release\ast3/Custom\_ast3.cp310-win_amd64.exp ast.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _PyUnicode_DecodeUnicodeEscape build\lib.win-amd64-3.10\typed_ast\_ast3.cp310-win_amd64.pyd : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2019\\BuildTools\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.29.30133\\bin\\HostX86\\x64\\link.exe' failed with exit code 1120 [end of output]
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Check out this getting started topic - it provides several resources that can help https://discourse.prefect.io/t/getting-started-with-prefect/27 But I think it's best if you go over this setup guide which pretty much walks you through the entire installation process and setting up your orchestration layer: https://docs.prefect.io/orchestration/getting-started/quick-start.html But LMK if you still have some unanswered questions
and btw, you don't have to use Prefect Server - you can use Prefect Cloud entire for free, no credit card required and this way it's even easier to get started because the backend is hosted for you: https://universal.prefect.io/signin/register
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Thanks Anna
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since you cross-posted on Stackoverflow, I also added some notes there https://stackoverflow.com/a/71323435/9509388