{ "id": 26557, "title": "Here's how to install shapely.", "url": "/competitions/dstl-satellite-imagery-feature-detection/discussion/26557", "author_name": "", "post_date": "2016-12-16T00:26:34.827Z", "votes": 4, "comment_count": 3, "views": 521, "content": "

A simple pip install shapely failed with:

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Could not find library geos_c [...].

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You'll need to make sure to have the geos packages installed first; can't install them through pip because it needs paths outside the python environment.

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On Arch, the following was successful:

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sudo pacman -S python-shapely

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I imagine with Ubuntu:

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sudo apt-get install libgeos-dev

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And Fedora:

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sudo yum install libgeos-dev

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Then this should work fine:

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pip install shapely

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If you've had success with Windows or macOS, go ahead and trace back your steps here.

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Cheers, and good competition everyone!

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-fl

", "messages": [ { "id": "150611", "postDate": "12/16/2016 00:26:34", "content": "

A simple pip install shapely failed with:

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Could not find library geos_c [...].

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You'll need to make sure to have the geos packages installed first; can't install them through pip because it needs paths outside the python environment.

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On Arch, the following was successful:

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sudo pacman -S python-shapely

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I imagine with Ubuntu:

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sudo apt-get install libgeos-dev

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And Fedora:

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sudo yum install libgeos-dev

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Then this should work fine:

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pip install shapely

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If you've had success with Windows or macOS, go ahead and trace back your steps here.

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Cheers, and good competition everyone!

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-fl

", "rawMarkdown": "A simple `pip install shapely` failed with:\r\n\r\n >`Could not find library geos_c [...]`.\r\n\r\nYou'll need to make sure to have the geos packages installed first; can't install them through pip because it needs paths outside the python environment.\r\n\r\nOn Arch, the following was successful:\r\n\r\n> `sudo pacman -S python-shapely`\r\n\r\n-----\r\n\r\n[I imagine with Ubuntu][1]:\r\n\r\n>`sudo apt-get install libgeos-dev`\r\n\r\nAnd Fedora:\r\n\r\n>`sudo yum install libgeos-dev`\r\n\r\nThen this should work fine:\r\n\r\n>`pip install shapely`\r\n\r\n-----\r\nIf you've had success with Windows or macOS, go ahead and trace back your steps here.\r\n\r\nCheers, and good competition everyone!\r\n\r\n-fl\r\n\r\n\r\n [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19742406/could-not-find-library-geos-c-or-load-any-of-its-variants", "votes": null }, { "id": "150613", "postDate": "12/16/2016 00:51:14", "content": "

For windows users (using anaconda):

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Download wheel file for your processor/python build from: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#shapely

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At your shell: pip install path-of-saved-file/your-wheel-file.whl

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Ex: pip install ~/Shapely-1.5.17-cp27-cp27m-win_amd64.whl

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Done!

", "rawMarkdown": "For windows users (using anaconda):\r\n\r\nDownload wheel file for your processor/python build from: [http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#shapely][1]\r\n\r\nAt your shell: pip install path-of-saved-file/your-wheel-file.whl\r\n\r\nEx: pip install ~/Shapely-1.5.17-cp27-cp27m-win_amd64.whl\r\n\r\nDone!\r\n\r\n [1]: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#shapely", "votes": null }, { "id": "150642", "postDate": "12/16/2016 05:30:30", "content": "

I use Enterprise Linux 7. Here is how I installed shapely:

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1) First you need to install GEOS package (can be found here: https://trac.osgeo.org/geos/)\nDownload the package geos-3.6.0, unpack and build it with:

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$ ./configure

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$ make

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$ sudo make install

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After that libgeos_c.so library should be in /usr/local/lib directory. Add that path to LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable.

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2) Try to install shapely with \"pip install shapely\". If python still cannot find libgeos_c library, you need to add the config file to /etc/ld.so.conf.d. In my system, I have /etc/ld.so.conf file with the following line:

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include ld.so.conf.d/*.conf

\n\n

It means that system scans /etc/ld.so.conf.d directory, reads all *.conf files, and loads the libraries that indicated in these files. So, you need to create a file in /etc/ld.so.conf.d directory with arbitrary name (I created geos_c.conf) and write a full path to the library in it. In my case it is:

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/usr/local/lib

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After that run \"$ sudo ldconfig\" command in order to save changes in your system. \nIn order to check that everything works fine, execute \"$ ldconfig -p | grep libgeos\" command. You should see something like this:

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libgeos_c.so.1 (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/local/lib/libgeos_c.so.1

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libgeos_c.so (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/local/lib/libgeos_c.so

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libgeos-3.6.0.so (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/local/lib/libgeos-3.6.0.so

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libgeocode-glib.so.0 (libc6,x86-64) => /lib64/libgeocode-glib.so.0

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Now pip have to see libgeos_c library, and shapely can be installed without any problems!

", "rawMarkdown": "I use Enterprise Linux 7. Here is how I installed shapely:\r\n\r\n1) First you need to install GEOS package (can be found here: https://trac.osgeo.org/geos/)\r\nDownload the package geos-3.6.0, unpack and build it with:\r\n\r\n$ ./configure\r\n\r\n$ make\r\n\r\n$ sudo make install\r\n\r\nAfter that libgeos_c.so library should be in /usr/local/lib directory. Add that path to LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable.\r\n\r\n2) Try to install shapely with \"pip install shapely\". If python still cannot find libgeos_c library, you need to add the config file to /etc/ld.so.conf.d. In my system, I have /etc/ld.so.conf file with the following line:\r\n\r\ninclude ld.so.conf.d/*.conf\r\n\r\nIt means that system scans /etc/ld.so.conf.d directory, reads all *.conf files, and loads the libraries that indicated in these files. So, you need to create a file in /etc/ld.so.conf.d directory with arbitrary name (I created geos_c.conf) and write a full path to the library in it. In my case it is:\r\n\r\n/usr/local/lib\r\n\r\nAfter that run \"$ sudo ldconfig\" command in order to save changes in your system. \r\nIn order to check that everything works fine, execute \"$ ldconfig -p | grep libgeos\" command. You should see something like this:\r\n\r\nlibgeos_c.so.1 (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/local/lib/libgeos_c.so.1\r\n\t\r\nlibgeos_c.so (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/local/lib/libgeos_c.so\r\n\t\r\nlibgeos-3.6.0.so (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/local/lib/libgeos-3.6.0.so\r\n\t\r\nlibgeocode-glib.so.0 (libc6,x86-64) => /lib64/libgeocode-glib.so.0\r\n\r\nNow pip have to see libgeos_c library, and shapely can be installed without any problems!", "votes": null }, { "id": "150674", "postDate": "12/16/2016 09:39:23", "content": "

For OSX

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brew install geos

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Then

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pip install shapely

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You can also do

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pip install shapely[vectorized]==1.6b2

", "rawMarkdown": "For OSX\r\n\r\nbrew install geos\r\n\r\nThen\r\n\r\npip install shapely\r\n\r\nYou can also do\r\n\r\npip install shapely[vectorized]==1.6b2", "votes": null } ], "comments": [ { "id": 150613, "author_name": "fredtony", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/16/2016 00:51:14", "content": "

For windows users (using anaconda):

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Download wheel file for your processor/python build from: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#shapely

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At your shell: pip install path-of-saved-file/your-wheel-file.whl

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Ex: pip install ~/Shapely-1.5.17-cp27-cp27m-win_amd64.whl

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Done!

", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 150642, "author_name": "alexlu", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/16/2016 05:30:30", "content": "

I use Enterprise Linux 7. Here is how I installed shapely:

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1) First you need to install GEOS package (can be found here: https://trac.osgeo.org/geos/)\nDownload the package geos-3.6.0, unpack and build it with:

\n\n

$ ./configure

\n\n

$ make

\n\n

$ sudo make install

\n\n

After that libgeos_c.so library should be in /usr/local/lib directory. Add that path to LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable.

\n\n

2) Try to install shapely with \"pip install shapely\". If python still cannot find libgeos_c library, you need to add the config file to /etc/ld.so.conf.d. In my system, I have /etc/ld.so.conf file with the following line:

\n\n

include ld.so.conf.d/*.conf

\n\n

It means that system scans /etc/ld.so.conf.d directory, reads all *.conf files, and loads the libraries that indicated in these files. So, you need to create a file in /etc/ld.so.conf.d directory with arbitrary name (I created geos_c.conf) and write a full path to the library in it. In my case it is:

\n\n

/usr/local/lib

\n\n

After that run \"$ sudo ldconfig\" command in order to save changes in your system. \nIn order to check that everything works fine, execute \"$ ldconfig -p | grep libgeos\" command. You should see something like this:

\n\n

libgeos_c.so.1 (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/local/lib/libgeos_c.so.1

\n\n

libgeos_c.so (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/local/lib/libgeos_c.so

\n\n

libgeos-3.6.0.so (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/local/lib/libgeos-3.6.0.so

\n\n

libgeocode-glib.so.0 (libc6,x86-64) => /lib64/libgeocode-glib.so.0

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Now pip have to see libgeos_c library, and shapely can be installed without any problems!

", "votes": null, "replies": [] }, { "id": 150674, "author_name": "aymankh", "author_url": "", "post_date": "12/16/2016 09:39:23", "content": "

For OSX

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brew install geos

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Then

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pip install shapely

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You can also do

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pip install shapely[vectorized]==1.6b2

", "votes": null, "replies": [] } ], "raw_markdown_by_id": { "150611": "A simple `pip install shapely` failed with:\r\n\r\n >`Could not find library geos_c [...]`.\r\n\r\nYou'll need to make sure to have the geos packages installed first; can't install them through pip because it needs paths outside the python environment.\r\n\r\nOn Arch, the following was successful:\r\n\r\n> `sudo pacman -S python-shapely`\r\n\r\n-----\r\n\r\n[I imagine with Ubuntu][1]:\r\n\r\n>`sudo apt-get install libgeos-dev`\r\n\r\nAnd Fedora:\r\n\r\n>`sudo yum install libgeos-dev`\r\n\r\nThen this should work fine:\r\n\r\n>`pip install shapely`\r\n\r\n-----\r\nIf you've had success with Windows or macOS, go ahead and trace back your steps here.\r\n\r\nCheers, and good competition everyone!\r\n\r\n-fl\r\n\r\n\r\n [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19742406/could-not-find-library-geos-c-or-load-any-of-its-variants", "150613": "For windows users (using anaconda):\r\n\r\nDownload wheel file for your processor/python build from: [http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#shapely][1]\r\n\r\nAt your shell: pip install path-of-saved-file/your-wheel-file.whl\r\n\r\nEx: pip install ~/Shapely-1.5.17-cp27-cp27m-win_amd64.whl\r\n\r\nDone!\r\n\r\n [1]: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#shapely", "150642": "I use Enterprise Linux 7. Here is how I installed shapely:\r\n\r\n1) First you need to install GEOS package (can be found here: https://trac.osgeo.org/geos/)\r\nDownload the package geos-3.6.0, unpack and build it with:\r\n\r\n$ ./configure\r\n\r\n$ make\r\n\r\n$ sudo make install\r\n\r\nAfter that libgeos_c.so library should be in /usr/local/lib directory. Add that path to LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable.\r\n\r\n2) Try to install shapely with \"pip install shapely\". If python still cannot find libgeos_c library, you need to add the config file to /etc/ld.so.conf.d. In my system, I have /etc/ld.so.conf file with the following line:\r\n\r\ninclude ld.so.conf.d/*.conf\r\n\r\nIt means that system scans /etc/ld.so.conf.d directory, reads all *.conf files, and loads the libraries that indicated in these files. So, you need to create a file in /etc/ld.so.conf.d directory with arbitrary name (I created geos_c.conf) and write a full path to the library in it. In my case it is:\r\n\r\n/usr/local/lib\r\n\r\nAfter that run \"$ sudo ldconfig\" command in order to save changes in your system. \r\nIn order to check that everything works fine, execute \"$ ldconfig -p | grep libgeos\" command. You should see something like this:\r\n\r\nlibgeos_c.so.1 (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/local/lib/libgeos_c.so.1\r\n\t\r\nlibgeos_c.so (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/local/lib/libgeos_c.so\r\n\t\r\nlibgeos-3.6.0.so (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/local/lib/libgeos-3.6.0.so\r\n\t\r\nlibgeocode-glib.so.0 (libc6,x86-64) => /lib64/libgeocode-glib.so.0\r\n\r\nNow pip have to see libgeos_c library, and shapely can be installed without any problems!", "150674": "For OSX\r\n\r\nbrew install geos\r\n\r\nThen\r\n\r\npip install shapely\r\n\r\nYou can also do\r\n\r\npip install shapely[vectorized]==1.6b2" }, "source": "meta" }