How to install a binstar package in Anaconda?

Question

I was unable to install - pdfminer - using the source distribution so I was trying to use binstar to do so. Since I am using the Ananconda distribution of Python, I type:

conda install -c https://conda.binstar.org/jacksongs pdfminer 

but, get the following error:

Fetching package metadata: ...
Error: No packages found in current win-32 channels matching: pdfminer
You can search for this package on Binstar with
binstar search -t conda pdfminer

Could you please suggest a solution?

Thank you.

PS: binstar search -t conda pdfminer returns the following:

Run 'binstar show <USER/PACKAGE>' to get more details:
Packages:
                      Name | Access       | Package Types   | Summary
 ------------------------- | ------------ | --------------- | --------------------
           auto/pdfminer3k | published    | conda           |     
 http://bitbucket.org/hsoft/pdfminer3k
        jacksongs/pdfminer | public       | conda           | PDF parser and analyzer
 Found 2 packages

Answer 1

This has probably got to do with the choice of platform. Binstar only has a package for OS X 64 whereas I am using windows.

Answer 2

I myself have never used the anaconda distribution of python but judging by the information you have given, have you tried

conda install -c http://bitbucket.org/hsoft/pdfminer3k

Like I said before, I've never used this distribution and I have near to no idea of the solutions you have tried.

I hope I helped,

~Bobbeh

Answer 3

I tried the following: (Anaconda Python 2.7 on Windows 10 64-bit)

This adds the conda-forge channel to your list of channels

conda config --add channels cond a-forge

Installs pdfminer

conda install pdfminer

This was my source: conda-forge:pdfminer on github