Lesson 4: Issue compiling solidity file (solc 0.6.0 has not been installed)

[RobustCelery]

I was following along in the video until we needed to compile the SimpleStorage.sol file using "python deploy.py"

It seems I need to install solc 0.6.0, how would I do that?

This is what I see after typing "python deploy.py" into the terminal

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\madis\OneDrive\Desktop\VS Code Projects\Tutorial\web3_py_simple_storage\deploy.py", line 9, in <module>
    compiled_sol = compile_standard(
  File "C:\Users\madis\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python39\site-packages\solcx\main.py", line 368, in compile_standard
    solc_binary = get_executable(solc_version)
  File "C:\Users\madis\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python39\site-packages\solcx\install.py", line 194, in get_executable
    raise SolcNotInstalled(
solcx.exceptions.SolcNotInstalled: solc 0.6.0 has not been installed. Use solcx.install_solc('0.6.0') to install.

[RobustCelery]

I saw that this question has been asked before here,

I typed this into a new file and ran it
It solved my problem

import solcx
solcx.install_solc('0.8.7') # or whatever version we want

[gitCapital]

When you say you typed it into a new file. Did you make a new file named test.py (for example) then type your above code and run python test.py

Beginner coder here, appreciate the help!

[msperry2014]

Yes gitCapital - run the two line file with 'python test.py'
I had the same error a few days ago.

[PatrickAlphaC]

Check this discussion:
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