“Could not find protoc command. Make sure protobuf is installed and your PATH environment is set”

Question

I am trying install imposm.parser library on python.

After I typed - pip install imposm.parser , it said it could not find protoc command.

but I have already got protobuf 2.6.1 library installed on python!? I don't understand.

Thanks Andrew

Answer 1

You need to download Protocol Compiler separately from Protocol Buffers library. Get it from Google Developers Protocol Buffers Download page.

Answer 2

Most executables of python installed using pip (or easy install) are stored in the Scripts -subfolder of Python. In my case, this is C:\\Python27\\Scripts .

You should check, if your PATH-Environment containts that directory. Further information are already on this SO-question .