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Install libvirt-python on Windows hit error

I already install pkgconfig, but keep see below error, thoughts?

pip install libvirt-python
Collecting libvirt-python
  Using cached libvirt-python-7.5.0.tar.gz (217 kB)
Building wheels for collected packages: libvirt-python
  Building wheel for libvirt-python (setup.py) ... error
  ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
   command: 'c:\users\lildeng\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\python.exe' -u -c 'import io, os, sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\lildeng\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-mhbszjmq\\libvirt-python_966bac790eb445abb3713bc3e010e2e0\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\lildeng\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-mhbszjmq\\libvirt-python_966bac790eb445abb3713bc3e010e2e0\\setup.py'"'"';f = getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__) if os.path.exists(__file__) else io.StringIO('"'"'from setuptools import setup; setup()'"'"');code = f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' bdist_wheel -d 'C:\Users\lildeng\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-o2_zx5ei'
       cwd: C:\Users\lildeng\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-mhbszjmq\libvirt-python_966bac790eb445abb3713bc3e010e2e0\
  Complete output (25 lines):
  running bdist_wheel
  running build
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
    File "C:\Users\lildeng\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-mhbszjmq\libvirt-python_966bac790eb445abb3713bc3e010e2e0\setup.py", line 337, in <module>
      setup(name = 'libvirt-python',
    File "c:\users\lildeng\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\distutils\core.py", line 148, in setup
      dist.run_commands()
    File "c:\users\lildeng\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 966, in run_commands
      self.run_command(cmd)
    File "c:\users\lildeng\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 985, in run_command
      cmd_obj.run()
    File "c:\users\lildeng\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\site-packages\wheel\bdist_wheel.py", line 299, in run
      self.run_command('build')
    File "c:\users\lildeng\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
      self.distribution.run_command(command)
    File "c:\users\lildeng\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 985, in run_command
      cmd_obj.run()
    File "C:\Users\lildeng\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-mhbszjmq\libvirt-python_966bac790eb445abb3713bc3e010e2e0\setup.py", line 144, in run
      check_minimum_libvirt_version()
    File "C:\Users\lildeng\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-mhbszjmq\libvirt-python_966bac790eb445abb3713bc3e010e2e0\setup.py", line 44, in check_minimum_libvirt_version
      spawn([get_pkgcfg(),
    File "C:\Users\lildeng\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-mhbszjmq\libvirt-python_966bac790eb445abb3713bc3e010e2e0\setup.py", line 40, in get_pkgcfg
      raise Exception("pkg-config binary is required to compile libvirt-python")
  Exception: pkg-config binary is required to compile libvirt-python
  ----------------------------------------
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for libvirt-python
  Running setup.py clean for libvirt-python
Failed to build libvirt-python
Installing collected packages: libvirt-python
    Running setup.py install for libvirt-python ... error
    ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: 'c:\users\lildeng\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\python.exe' -u -c 'import io, os, sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\lildeng\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-mhbszjmq\\libvirt-python_966bac790eb445abb3713bc3e010e2e0\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\lildeng\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-mhbszjmq\\libvirt-python_966bac790eb445abb3713bc3e010e2e0\\setup.py'"'"';f = getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__) if os.path.exists(__file__) else io.StringIO('"'"'from setuptools import setup; setup()'"'"');code = f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\lildeng\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-hge094jq\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'c:\users\lildeng\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\Include\libvirt-python'
         cwd: C:\Users\lildeng\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-mhbszjmq\libvirt-python_966bac790eb445abb3713bc3e010e2e0\
    Complete output (27 lines):
    running install
    running build
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "C:\Users\lildeng\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-mhbszjmq\libvirt-python_966bac790eb445abb3713bc3e010e2e0\setup.py", line 337, in <module>
        setup(name = 'libvirt-python',
      File "c:\users\lildeng\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\distutils\core.py", line 148, in setup
        dist.run_commands()
      File "c:\users\lildeng\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 966, in run_commands
        self.run_command(cmd)
      File "c:\users\lildeng\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 985, in run_command
        cmd_obj.run()
      File "c:\users\lildeng\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\install.py", line 61, in run
        return orig.install.run(self)
      File "c:\users\lildeng\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\distutils\command\install.py", line 545, in run
        self.run_command('build')
      File "c:\users\lildeng\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
        self.distribution.run_command(command)
      File "c:\users\lildeng\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 985, in run_command
        cmd_obj.run()
      File "C:\Users\lildeng\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-mhbszjmq\libvirt-python_966bac790eb445abb3713bc3e010e2e0\setup.py", line 144, in run
        check_minimum_libvirt_version()
      File "C:\Users\lildeng\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-mhbszjmq\libvirt-python_966bac790eb445abb3713bc3e010e2e0\setup.py", line 44, in check_minimum_libvirt_version
        spawn([get_pkgcfg(),
      File "C:\Users\lildeng\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-mhbszjmq\libvirt-python_966bac790eb445abb3713bc3e010e2e0\setup.py", line 40, in get_pkgcfg
        raise Exception("pkg-config binary is required to compile libvirt-python")
    Exception: pkg-config binary is required to compile libvirt-python
    ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: 'c:\users\lildeng\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\python.exe' -u -c 'import io, os, sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\lildeng\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-mhbszjmq\\libvirt-python_966bac790eb445abb3713bc3e010e2e0\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\lildeng\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-mhbszjmq\\libvirt-python_966bac790eb445abb3713bc3e010e2e0\\setup.py'"'"';f = getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__) if os.path.exists(__file__) else io.StringIO('"'"'from setuptools import setup; setup()'"'"');code = f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\lildeng\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-hge094jq\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'c:\users\lildeng\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\Include\libvirt-python' Check the logs for full command output.