Python 3.7 pip install has an error

[bright1993ff66]

I am having a problem with installing the pysal on windows with Python 3.7. When I use the pip install:

pip install pysal

Everything is OK until the end, the command line threw an error:

INFO:root: Building on Windows requires extra options to setup.py to locate needed GDAL files. More information is available in the README.
  ERROR: A GDAL API version must be specified. Provide a path to gdal-config using a GDAL_CONFIG environment variable or use a GDAL_VERSION environment variable.
  ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: 'd:\python37\python.exe' 'd:\python37\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pep517\_in_process.py' get_requires_for_build_wheel 'C:\Users\BRIGHT~1\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpmny6kf2u' Check the logs for full command output.

It seems like it asks me to add the gdal to the PATH. But after adding that the error still occurs...Any idea? Thank you very much!

[sjsrey]

Can you try installing with conda and use the conda-forge channel? This seems to handle the python geospatial stack much more robustly than pip.

[bright1993ff66]

Can you try installing with conda and use the conda-forge channel? This seems to handle the python geospatial stack much more robustly than pip.

@sjsrey Thank you for your reply! Yes, I have successfully installed pysal using conda. I would close this issue.