[Tutor] Procedure to install dlib on windows?

[Mark Lawrence]

On 14/01/2016 10:09, Rheeya Uppaal wrote:
> I'm an absolute beginner at python, but have been asked to download the
> dlib library on my windows system. I have followed the instructions given
> here: http://dlib.net/compile.html
>
> I have already downloaded cmake and Visual Studio. On the Visual Studio
> command prompt, on running "python setup.py install" I get this:
>
> running install
> running bdist_egg
> running build
> Detected Python architecture: 64bit
> Removing build directory
> C:\Python\PackagesForPython\dlib-18.18\./tools/python/build
> Configuring cmake ...
> CMake Error in CMakeLists.txt:
> error: cmake configuration failed!
>
> Could anyone help me out please? I've tried whatever I can think of.
>
> Thank you! Cheers!

It is available on pypi for 2.7 and 3.4 so from a cmd prompt all you 
need is:-

pip install dlib.

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Mark Lawrence