How to install mapnik via python pip

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When you know about this project and you want to new install mapnik to support your project or you get trouble as ModuleNotFoundError: No module named "mapnik" or ImportError: cannot import name "mapnik" in your project, let follow this tutorial to install mapnik

Installation:

Step 1: First, ensure you installed pip in your os, to check pip has been installed on your computer

In Windows (CMD):

py -m pip --version

In Unix/macOS:

python3 -m pip --version

Ensure pip, setuptools, and wheel are up to date:

In Windows (CMD):

py -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel

In Unix/macOS:

python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel

py -m pip install --user virtualenv

py -m venv test_mapnik_env

test_mapnik_env\Scripts\active

pip3 install virtualenv

python3 -m venv test_mapnik_env

source test_mapnik_env/bin/active

Step 2: OK, now, let flow below content to start the installation mapnik

To install mapnik on Windows(CMD):

py -m pip install mapnik

To install mapnik on Unix/macOs:

pip install mapnik

Step 3: If you want to install a specific mapnik version, add ==<mapnik version> to the end command line

Example:

pip install mapnik==0.0.0

Please see the version list below table:

py -m pip install mapnik==0.1

pip install mapnik==0.1

py -m pip install mapnik==0.0.0

pip install mapnik==0.0.0

Step 4: Otherwise, you can install mapnik from local archives:

Download the distribution file from mapnik-0.1-py2.7-macosx-10.6-intel.egg or the specific mapnik version in the below list of distribution

After that, install by command:

On Windows(CMD):

py -m pip install <path_to_mapnik_downloaded_file>

On Unix/macOs:

pip install <path_to_mapnik_downloaded_file>

List distribution:

- mapnik-0.1-cp27-none-any.whl
- mapnik-0.1-cp27-none-macosx_10_6_intel.macosx_10_9_intel.macosx_10_9_x86_64.macosx_10_10_intel.macosx_10_10_x86_64.whl
- mapnik-0.1-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg
- mapnik-0.1-py2.7-macosx-10.6-intel.egg

Project link:

- Homepage