title: Simstring (python) installation in windows
body: <p>I am trying to install simstring python wrapper in windows by <a href="https://github.com/Georgetown-IR-Lab/simstring" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/Georgetown-IR-Lab/simstring</a>. For linux it works fine but for windows it is giving me error while installing.</p>
  
  <pre><code>    D:\Users\source\repos&gt;python setup.py install
      running install
      running build
      running build_py
      running build_ext
      building '_simstring' extension
      C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.12.25827\bin\HostX86\x64\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -I. -IC:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\include -IC:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\include "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.12.25827\ATLMFC\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.12.25827\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\NETFXSDK\4.6.1\include\um" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.16299.0\ucrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.16299.0\shared" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.16299.0\um" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.16299.0\winrt" /EHsc /Tpexport.cpp /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-3.6\Release\export.obj
      export.cpp
      export.cpp(7): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'iconv.h': No such file or directory
      error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2017\\Community\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.12.25827\\bin\\HostX86\\x64\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2
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  <p>After this I included iconv.h in the project. But now it shows different error.</p>
  
  <pre><code>running install
  running build
  running build_py
  running build_ext
  building '_simstring' extension
  C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.12.25827\bin\HostX86\x64\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -I. -IC:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\include -IC:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\include "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.12.25827\ATLMFC\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.12.25827\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\NETFXSDK\4.6.1\include\um" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.16299.0\ucrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.16299.0\shared" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.16299.0\um" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.16299.0\winrt" /EHsc /Tpexport.cpp /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-3.6\Release\export.obj
  export.cpp
  d:\users\aki\source\repos\simstring\cdbpp.h(101): warning C4267: 'initializing': conversion from 'size_t' to 'uint32_t', possible loss of data
  export.cpp(37): error C2664: 'size_t libiconv(libiconv_t,const char **,size_t *,char **,size_t *)': cannot convert argument 2 from 'char **' to 'const char **'
  export.cpp(37): note: Conversion loses qualifiers
  export.cpp(140): note: see reference to function template instantiation 'bool iconv_convert&lt;std::string,std::wstring&gt;(libiconv_t,const source_type &amp;,destination_type &amp;)' being compiled
          with
          [
              source_type=std::string,
              destination_type=std::wstring
          ]
  error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2017\\Community\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.12.25827\\bin\\HostX86\\x64\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2
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  <p>Any help or guidance is appreciated.</p>