[Matplotlib-users] Question re: installing basemap in ipython

[Paul Hobson]

Short story:
you're not going to be able to build from source on windows without a lot
of finicking and maybe a $10,000 grant. You also don't need to operate from
within IPython. The normal command line will suffice.

Install it from Christophe Golke's binaries or conda.
http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#basemap

On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 3:51 PM, BK Linen <brooklinen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I would like to install basemap to use with ipython to map lat,long points
> on a map. I have downloaded the following basemap master folder (
> https://github.com/matplotlib/basemap) and issued the install command,
> !python setup.py install, in ipython while the working directory was set to
> the main basemap folder.
>
> However, I get an error which appears to be related to a missing file
> associated with visual studio: "error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat"
>
> To my knowledge, visual studio has not been installed on this machine. I'm
> wondering if I need to install visual studio in order to install basemap
> for python or if there is a work around.
>
> If you could point me in the right direction, I would greatly appreciate
> it.  Many thanks in advance.
>
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