Installing ggplot for python failed with error code 1

Question

I am trying to install ggplot for Python using

pip install ggplot

but I get an error message saying

I am using Python2.7 on Windows8. I looked at the suggestions and among other things tried the suggestion here

pip install wheel to install support for wheel files.
pip install ggplot-0.11.5-py2.py3-none-any.whl to install the wheel. I downloaded the whl file from here.

Upon doing this I got further messages saying: Failed building wheel for scipy Failed cleaning build for scipy

In addition I still get the original error message.

Please provide suggestions.

beeprogrammer · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-10 23:23:55Z

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After trying all possible things suggested in various forums this is what worked for me:

Download numpy-1.11.2+mkl-cp27-cp27m-win_amd64.whl and scipy-0.18.1-cp27-cp27m-win_amd64.whl files from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#scipy to C:\Python27\Scripts directory.
Run the following commands from the DOS command window in windows

pip install numpy-1.11.2+mkl-cp27-cp27m-win_amd64.whl

pip install scipy-0.18.1-cp27-cp27m-win_amd64.whl

They were both successfully installed.

answered Oct 10, 2016 at 23:23

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