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 1 | # Python 3.6 Installation Notes on Windows 7
 2 | 
 3 | ## Table of Contents
 4 | - [Anaconda](#anaconda3-v5_1_0-windows-64-bit)
 5 | - [Geopandas](#geopandas-v0_4_0)
 6 | - [Instagram](#instagramapi-v1_0_2)
 7 | - [igraph](#igraph-v0_7_1)
 8 | - [openCV](#opencv-v3_4_2)
 9 | - [pdf2image](#pdf2image-v0_1_14)
10 | - [PyTesseract](#pytesseract-v0_2_2)
11 | - [Selenium](#selenium-v3_13_0)
12 | ---
13 | ## Anaconda3 v5_1_0 Windows 64-bit
14 | **Problem:** `conda` and `pip` commands not recognized in the command window  
15 | **Solution:** Add `C:\Users\caoa\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\Scripts` to the PATH environment variable to your local account for a local user installation
16 | 
17 | **Problem:** Can not install packages with `conda` or `pip` because it can not find the following file `C:\Users\caoa\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\certifi\weak.pem`  
18 | **Solution:** Copied `cacert.pem` and renamed to `weak.pem`
19 | 
20 | ## Geopandas v0_4_0
21 | **Problem:** ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.  
22 | **Solution:** Download binary wheel from [Christoph Gohlke](https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/) for the following packages:
23 | GDAL, fiona, pyproj, rtree, shapely, geopandas
24 | 
25 | `pip install` wheels in the following order:
26 | 1. GDAL
27 | 2. fiona
28 | 3. pyproj
29 | 4. rtree
30 | 5. shapely
31 | 6. geopandas
32 | 
33 | **Problem:** Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required. Get it with "Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/  
34 | **Solution:** Download and install **Microsoft Build Tools 2015 Update 3** or **Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017**
35 | 
36 | ## igraph v0_7_1
37 | **Problem:** Plots in Jupyter Notebook don't work  
38 | **Solution:** Copy this modified igraph drawing [\_\_init\_\_.py](https://github.com/epmarie/network_workshop/blob/master/__init__.py) file to `..\Anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\igraph\drawing` folder
39 | 
40 | ## InstagramApi v1_0_2
41 | **Problem:** Need ffmpeg  
42 | **Solution:** Install ffmpeg from https://www.ffmpeg.org/
43 | 
44 | **Problem:** Issue with making requests  
45 | **Solution:** `requests` package has to be v2.11.1 [See Source](https://github.com/LevPasha/Instagram-API-python/blob/master/requirements.txt)
46 | 
47 | ## OpenCV v3_4_2
48 | 1. Download binary wheel from http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/ and `pip install`
49 | 2. Update `numpy` if `import cv2` does not work
50 | 
51 | ## pdf2image v0_1_14
52 | 1. Install Poppler for Windows http://blog.alivate.com.au/poppler-windows/ 
53 | 2. Add `poppler-0.51` folder to your PATH or move it to a PATH directory
54 | 3. `pip install pdf2image`
55 | 4. `pip install -U pillow`
56 | 5. Restart Spyder if necessary
57 | 
58 | ## PyTesseract v0_2_2
59 | 1. Install Google's Tesseract-OCR Engine (v3_05_01) via [pre-built binary package for Windows](https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki) for all users on PC
60 | 2. Add `Tesseract-OCR` folder to your PATH
61 | 3. `pip install pytesseract`
62 | 4. `pip install -U pillow`
63 | 5. Restart Spyder if necessary
64 | 
65 | ## Selenium v3_13_0
66 | 1. `pip install selenium`
67 | 2. Download latest chromedriver from https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/chromedriver/downloads
68 | 3. Put chromedriver.exe in the PATH or specify it directly in the line of code
69 | `webdriver.Chrome(r'C:\Users\caoa\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\chromedriver.exe', chrome_options = options)`
70 | 


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