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Pyproj crashes while installing from third party whl file

See original GitHub issue

Installation method/steps

pip install third_party_package_which_uses_pyproj.whl

Environment Information

Version 2.6.1
PROJ version 8.2.0
Python version (3.10.0 | packaged by conda-forge | (default, Nov 10 2021, 13:20:59) [MSC v.1916 64 bit (AMD64)] )
Operation System Information (Windows-10-10.0.19043-SP0)

The error log is as follows

ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
   command: 'C:\Users\921479\Miniconda3\envs\third_party_package_environment\python.exe' 'C:\Users\921479\Miniconda3\envs\third_party_package_environment\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pep517\in_process\_in_process.py' build_wheel 'C:\Users\921479\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpa6feu0w4'
       cwd: C:\Users\921479\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-zp62s_3e\pyproj_7ba085682b8944ed8aded4e28c0376c2
  Complete output (27 lines):
  running bdist_wheel
  running build
  running build_py
  creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.10
  creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.10\pyproj
  copying pyproj\datadir.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.10\pyproj
  copying pyproj\enums.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.10\pyproj
  copying pyproj\proj.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.10\pyproj
  copying pyproj\transformer.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.10\pyproj
  copying pyproj\utils.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.10\pyproj
  copying pyproj\_show_versions.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.10\pyproj
  copying pyproj\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.10\pyproj
  copying pyproj\__main__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.10\pyproj
  creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.10\pyproj\crs
  copying pyproj\crs\coordinate_operation.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.10\pyproj\crs
  copying pyproj\crs\coordinate_system.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.10\pyproj\crs
  copying pyproj\crs\crs.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.10\pyproj\crs
  copying pyproj\crs\datum.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.10\pyproj\crs
  copying pyproj\crs\enums.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.10\pyproj\crs
  copying pyproj\crs\_cf1x8.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.10\pyproj\crs
  copying pyproj\crs\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.10\pyproj\crs
  running build_ext
  error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required. Get it with "Microsoft C++ Build Tools": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/
  ----------------------------------------
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for pyproj
Failed to build pyproj
ERROR: Could not build wheels for pyproj which use PEP 517 and cannot be installed directly