Problem about install Genice package_pairlist package can not be installed

[ChengyangYuan]

Dear Professor Masakazu Matsumoto

First Thank you so much to develop such a package to generate ice structure. It is very helpful for people who wants to do some work about simulations on clathrate hydrates and ice lattices, especially for me, a complete beginner.

But actually I have some trouble at the very beginning, that is to install the GenIce package on my computer (Window 10). I use Python 3.5, "pip3 install GenIce", and everything is Ok, but the package " Pairlist "that GenIce needed can not be installed successfully. I try my best to Google the issue and find the possible answer, but failed. I dont know where I was wrong. Is it the problem of the environment of my computer, or something else？

Thank you for taking your time and hope your valuable advice.

ps: i guess that using the pairlist. whl to install is a solver, but i see on https://pypi.org/ there is only .whl for macosx. no a window type.

Here is the Error information when i installed GenIce：

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(python35) C:\Users\Administrator>pip install GenIce
Collecting GenIce
Using cached GenIce-1.0.10-py2.py3-none-any.whl (696 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: countrings>=0.1.7 in d:\ana\envs\python35\lib\site-packages (from GenIce) (0.1.7)
Requirement already satisfied: numpy in d:\ana\envs\python35\lib\site-packages (from GenIce) (1.13.1)
Collecting pairlist>=0.2.3
Using cached PairList-0.2.9.tar.gz (8.9 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: networkx>=2 in d:\ana\envs\python35\lib\site-packages (from GenIce) (2.4)
Requirement already satisfied: yaplotlib>=0.1 in d:\ana\envs\python35\lib\site-packages (from GenIce) (0.1.2)
Requirement already satisfied: methodtools in d:\ana\envs\python35\lib\site-packages (from countrings>=0.1.7->GenIce) (0.1.3)
Requirement already satisfied: decorator>=4.3.0 in d:\ana\envs\python35\lib\site-packages (from networkx>=2->GenIce) (4.4.2)
Requirement already satisfied: wirerope==0.3.1 in d:\ana\envs\python35\lib\site-packages (from methodtools->countrings>=0.1.7->GenIce) (0.3.1)
Requirement already satisfied: six>=1.11.0 in d:\ana\envs\python35\lib\site-packages (from wirerope==0.3.1->methodtools->countrings>=0.1.7->GenIce) (1.15.0)
Building wheels for collected packages: pairlist
Building wheel for pairlist (setup.py) ... error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: 'd:\ana\envs\python35\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\Users\ADMINI1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-k93z0ykf\pairlist\setup.py'"'"'; file='"'"'C:\Users\ADMINI1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-k93z0ykf\pairlist\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(file);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, file, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' bdist_wheel -d 'C:\Users\ADMINI1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-cfc2e980'
cwd: C:\Users\ADMINI1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-k93z0ykf\pairlist
Complete output (56 lines):
running bdist_wheel
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.5
copying pairlist.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.5
running build_ext
No module named 'numpy.distutils._msvccompiler' in numpy.distutils; trying from distutils
building 'cpairlist' extension
creating build\temp.win-amd64-3.5
creating build\temp.win-amd64-3.5\Release
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\BIN\x86_amd64\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -Id:\ana\envs\python35\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\include -Id:\ana\envs\python35\include -Id:\ana\envs\python35\include -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\INCLUDE" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.10240.0\ucrt" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\shared" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\winrt" /Tccpairlist.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-3.5\Release\cpairlist.obj -std=c99
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\BIN\x86_amd64\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -Id:\ana\envs\python35\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\include -Id:\ana\envs\python35\include -Id:\ana\envs\python35\include -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\INCLUDE" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.10240.0\ucrt" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\shared" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\winrt" /Tcpairlist.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-3.5\Release\pairlist.obj -std=c99
cl : Command line warning D9002 : ignoring unknown option '-std=c99'
pairlist.c
pairlist.c: warning C4819: The file contains a character that cannot be represented in the current code page (936). Save the file in Unicode format to prevent data loss
pairlist.c(106): error C2057: expected constant expression
pairlist.c(106): error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
pairlist.c(106): error C2133: 'nResidents': unknown size
pairlist.c(114): warning C4244: '=': conversion from 'double' to 'int', possible loss of data
pairlist.c(122): error C2057: expected constant expression
pairlist.c(122): error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
pairlist.c(122): error C2133: 'residents': unknown size
pairlist.c(123): error C2057: expected constant expression
pairlist.c(123): error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
pairlist.c(123): error C2133: 'heads': unknown size
pairlist.c(124): error C2057: expected constant expression
pairlist.c(124): error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
pairlist.c(124): error C2133: 'pointer': unknown size
pairlist.c(137): warning C4244: '=': conversion from 'double' to 'int', possible loss of data
pairlist.c(245): error C2057: expected constant expression
pairlist.c(245): error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
pairlist.c(245): error C2133: 'nResidents0': unknown size
pairlist.c(246): error C2057: expected constant expression
pairlist.c(246): error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
pairlist.c(246): error C2133: 'nResidents1': unknown size
pairlist.c(256): warning C4244: '=': conversion from 'double' to 'int', possible loss of data
pairlist.c(268): warning C4244: '=': conversion from 'double' to 'int', possible loss of data
pairlist.c(279): error C2057: expected constant expression
pairlist.c(279): error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
pairlist.c(279): error C2133: 'pointer': unknown size
pairlist.c(282): error C2057: expected constant expression
pairlist.c(282): error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
pairlist.c(282): error C2133: 'residents0': unknown size
pairlist.c(283): error C2057: expected constant expression
pairlist.c(283): error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
pairlist.c(283): error C2133: 'heads0': unknown size
pairlist.c(297): warning C4244: '=': conversion from 'double' to 'int', possible loss of data
pairlist.c(303): error C2057: expected constant expression
pairlist.c(303): error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
pairlist.c(303): error C2133: 'residents1': unknown size
pairlist.c(304): error C2057: expected constant expression
pairlist.c(304): error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
pairlist.c(304): error C2133: 'heads1': unknown size
pairlist.c(321): warning C4244: '=': conversion from 'double' to 'int', possible loss of data
error: Command "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\BIN\x86_amd64\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -Id:\ana\envs\python35\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\include -Id:\ana\envs\python35\include -Id:\ana\envs\python35\include -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\INCLUDE" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.10240.0\ucrt" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\shared" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\winrt" /Tcpairlist.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-3.5\Release\pairlist.obj -std=c99" failed with exit status 2

ERROR: Failed building wheel for pairlist
Running setup.py clean for pairlist
Failed to build pairlist
Installing collected packages: pairlist, GenIce
Running setup.py install for pairlist ... error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: 'd:\ana\envs\python35\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\Users\ADMINI1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-k93z0ykf\pairlist\setup.py'"'"'; file='"'"'C:\Users\ADMINI1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-k93z0ykf\pairlist\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(file);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, file, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\ADMINI1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-2s0kfk7e\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'd:\ana\envs\python35\Include\pairlist'
cwd: C:\Users\ADMINI1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-k93z0ykf\pairlist
Complete output (56 lines):
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.5
copying pairlist.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.5
running build_ext
No module named 'numpy.distutils._msvccompiler' in numpy.distutils; trying from distutils
building 'cpairlist' extension
creating build\temp.win-amd64-3.5
creating build\temp.win-amd64-3.5\Release
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\BIN\x86_amd64\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -Id:\ana\envs\python35\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\include -Id:\ana\envs\python35\include -Id:\ana\envs\python35\include -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\INCLUDE" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.10240.0\ucrt" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\shared" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\winrt" /Tccpairlist.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-3.5\Release\cpairlist.obj -std=c99
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\BIN\x86_amd64\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -Id:\ana\envs\python35\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\include -Id:\ana\envs\python35\include -Id:\ana\envs\python35\include -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\INCLUDE" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.10240.0\ucrt" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\shared" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\winrt" /Tcpairlist.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-3.5\Release\pairlist.obj -std=c99
cl : Command line warning D9002 : ignoring unknown option '-std=c99'
pairlist.c
pairlist.c: warning C4819: The file contains a character that cannot be represented in the current code page (936). Save the file in Unicode format to prevent data loss
pairlist.c(106): error C2057: expected constant expression
pairlist.c(106): error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
pairlist.c(106): error C2133: 'nResidents': unknown size
pairlist.c(114): warning C4244: '=': conversion from 'double' to 'int', possible loss of data
pairlist.c(122): error C2057: expected constant expression
pairlist.c(122): error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
pairlist.c(122): error C2133: 'residents': unknown size
pairlist.c(123): error C2057: expected constant expression
pairlist.c(123): error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
pairlist.c(123): error C2133: 'heads': unknown size
pairlist.c(124): error C2057: expected constant expression
pairlist.c(124): error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
pairlist.c(124): error C2133: 'pointer': unknown size
pairlist.c(137): warning C4244: '=': conversion from 'double' to 'int', possible loss of data
pairlist.c(245): error C2057: expected constant expression
pairlist.c(245): error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
pairlist.c(245): error C2133: 'nResidents0': unknown size
pairlist.c(246): error C2057: expected constant expression
pairlist.c(246): error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
pairlist.c(246): error C2133: 'nResidents1': unknown size
pairlist.c(256): warning C4244: '=': conversion from 'double' to 'int', possible loss of data
pairlist.c(268): warning C4244: '=': conversion from 'double' to 'int', possible loss of data
pairlist.c(279): error C2057: expected constant expression
pairlist.c(279): error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
pairlist.c(279): error C2133: 'pointer': unknown size
pairlist.c(282): error C2057: expected constant expression
pairlist.c(282): error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
pairlist.c(282): error C2133: 'residents0': unknown size
pairlist.c(283): error C2057: expected constant expression
pairlist.c(283): error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
pairlist.c(283): error C2133: 'heads0': unknown size
pairlist.c(297): warning C4244: '=': conversion from 'double' to 'int', possible loss of data
pairlist.c(303): error C2057: expected constant expression
pairlist.c(303): error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
pairlist.c(303): error C2133: 'residents1': unknown size
pairlist.c(304): error C2057: expected constant expression
pairlist.c(304): error C2466: cannot allocate an array of constant size 0
pairlist.c(304): error C2133: 'heads1': unknown size
pairlist.c(321): warning C4244: '=': conversion from 'double' to 'int', possible loss of data
error: Command "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\BIN\x86_amd64\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD -Id:\ana\envs\python35\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\include -Id:\ana\envs\python35\include -Id:\ana\envs\python35\include -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\INCLUDE" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.10240.0\ucrt" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\shared" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\um" -I"C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\include\winrt" /Tcpairlist.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-3.5\Release\pairlist.obj -std=c99" failed with exit status 2
----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: 'd:\ana\envs\python35\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\Users\ADMINI1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-k93z0ykf\pairlist\setup.py'"'"'; file='"'"'C:\Users\ADMINI1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-k93z0ykf\pairlist\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(file);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, file, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-2s0kfk7e\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'd:\ana\envs\python35\Include\pairlist' Check the logs for full command output.

[ChengyangYuan]

Thanks for suggestions from the professor Masakazu Matsumoto. The Error is from the wrong VC compiler environment. When I installed the gcc environment, that is mingW64, and then added an file named "distutils.cfg" in the file folder : D:\Ana\envs\python35\Lib\distutils. (where is your python installed). The file content is :
[build]
compiler = mingw32

Then you can install the GenIce successfully now.

[vitroid]

I modified the c code not to use vla (variable length array on the stack memory) for microsoft c compilers and released as v0.2.10. Now it is also available from PyPI.

FYI, I installed the Build Tools for Visual Studio 2019, which is deeply hidden in this page: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads