Cannot install matplotlib basemap

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I tried to install basemap on google colab and run these commands:

!apt-get install libgeos-3.5.0

!apt-get install libgeos-dev

!pip install https://github.com/matplotlib/basemap/archive/master.zip

I get:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package libgeos-3.5.0
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'libgeos-3.5.0'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libgeos-3.5.0'
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
libgeos-dev is already the newest version (3.6.2-1build2).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 37 not upgraded.
Collecting https://github.com/matplotlib/basemap/archive/master.zip
  Using cached https://github.com/matplotlib/basemap/archive/master.zip
ERROR: File "setup.py" not found for legacy project https://github.com/matplotlib/basemap/archive/master.zip.

I then cannot import basemap:

>>> from mpl_toolkits.basemap import Basemap
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'mpl_toolkits.basemap'

molinav · Accepted Answer · 2022-01-07 16:47:59Z

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Starting with basemap version 1.3.0, you can also install basemap directly using the precompiled binary wheels available in PyPI:

!pip install basemap

In case you need the high-resolution datasets, you have to install them explicitly:

!pip install basemap-data-hires

answered Jan 7, 2022 at 16:47

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Alex · Accepted Answer · 2022-01-04 12:32:23Z

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There are a couple of errors here.

apt cannot find libgeos

E: Unable to locate package libgeos-3.5.0

You may need to find another version of libgeos though I'm not sure what version. Perhaps this should match the installed dev version, 3.6.2?
pip cannot install using the archive that you are providing.

ERROR: File "setup.py" not found for legacy project https://github.com/matplotlib/basemap/archive/master.zip.

You can fix this by telling pip specifically what subdirectory it will find the package in:
```
pip install git+https://github.com/matplotlib/basemap#subdirectory=packages/basemap
```
This will allow pip to find the correct package directory.

answered Jan 4, 2022 at 12:32

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yoj2011 Over a year ago

i am using python 3.8

yoj2011 Over a year ago

Also i tried !pip install git+github.com/matplotlib/basemap and its says: ERROR: File "setup.py" not found for legacy project git+github.com/matplotlib/basemap.

Alex Over a year ago

It doesn't matter what python version you are using. In part 1 of my answer I am specifically talking about libgeos not python. Part 2 of my answer deals with the basemap package being in a different location, see the #subdirectory=packages/basemap at the end of the GitHub url, which tells pip where to find the package.

Alex Over a year ago

Fantastic! what was the version of libgeos that you used? You can edit this answer if you want to add more detail about the steps you took

yoj2011 Over a year ago

I used the version you said: 3.6.2 and i do exactly what you said

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