Building pandas complains missng algos.c

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Code Sample, a copy-pastable example if possible

Want to create a pull-request to solve another Issue I filed last week. Am trying to follow the pandas-dev instructions for creating a development environment.

I have installed VisualStudio2019 with the Python development workload and the Python native development tools options. I can launch Visual Studio from the Start Menu.

I am using a fresh conda virtualenv which does not have pandas installed. I then forked and cloned the pandas repository. I am working in a python 3.7.3 installation

The next step fails

(pandafix) PS C:\Users\kanugu\code\pfix\pandas-soilstack> python .\setup.py build_ext --inplace -j 4
running build_ext
pandas._libs.algos: -> [['pandas\\_libs/algos.c']]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ".\setup.py", line 787, in <module>
    **setuptools_kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\kanugu\.conda\envs\pandafix\lib\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 145, in setup
    return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
  File "C:\Users\kanugu\.conda\envs\pandafix\lib\distutils\core.py", line 148, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "C:\Users\kanugu\.conda\envs\pandafix\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 966, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "C:\Users\kanugu\.conda\envs\pandafix\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 985, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "C:\Users\kanugu\.conda\envs\pandafix\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 340, in run
    self.build_extensions()
  File ".\setup.py", line 377, in build_extensions
    self.check_cython_extensions(self.extensions)
  File ".\setup.py", line 374, in check_cython_extensions
    """.format(src=src))
Exception: Cython-generated file 'pandas\_libs/algos.c' not found.
                Cython is required to compile pandas from a development branch.
                Please install Cython or download a release package of pandas.

Problem description

I am not sure where the problem originates from. Some issue with the source? Cannot find VisualStudio? Something else?

Output of pd.show_versions()

Am using python 3.7.3

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Sorry, i realized I didn't create a conda environment with the environment.yml that comes with the pandas source....