Question re: installing basemap in ipython

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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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

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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 (
GitHub - matplotlib/basemap: Plot on map projections (with coastlines and political boundaries) using matplotlib) 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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