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Visual Studio Code – Cannot open include file: 'sys/mman.h': No such file or directory

i was trying to install the raspberry’s GPIO pin controller library using this command on windows on vscode editors powershell terminal.

pip install RPi.GPIO

but keeps getting the following error:-

fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'sys/mman.h': No such file or directory      error: command 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.36.32532\bin\HostX86\x64\cl.exe' failed with exit code 2
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for RPI.GPIO
Failed to build RPI.GPIO
ERROR: Could not build wheels for RPI.GPIO, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects

i already downloaded Visual Studio 2022 with the C++ build tools and add the necessary environment variables.

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    Are you running pip install RPI.GPIO remotely on the respberry pi or you want to install the library on your device directly what do you mean by running the command on vscode editor’s terminal?

    It’s not possible to install RPI.GPIO library on Windows because it’s supposed to be installed on Raspberry pi directly.

    I don’t have an access to a Windows device but technically you can install PRI.GPIO on OS with a linux kernel thus run pip install RPI.GPIO inside WSL 2 terminal it may be installed successfully but it won’t run since it requires raspberry pi hardware.

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    The RPi.GPIO library only supports the Raspberry Pi platform; you can’t install it on Windows. What would it actually do when you ran your code? It can’t interact with pins that aren’t there.

    However, an answer to a similar question cleverly suggests mocking up a dummy version of the module for use in testing on your computer.

    Another answer also mentions GPIOSimulator, a library designed to do this for you… but it hasn’t been updated since 2016, so I doubt it’s very up to date.

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