Unable to Install Python Package

Question

In trying to install a python package via pip I get the error:

  Failed building wheel for atari-py
  Running setup.py clean for atari-py
Failed to build atari-py
Installing collected packages: atari-py, PyOpenGL
  Running setup.py install for atari-py ... error
    Complete output from command C:\Users\xxxxxx\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda2\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='c:\\users\\xxxxxx\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-build-qhuh1q\\atari-py\\setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record c:\users\xxxxxx\appdata\local\temp\pip-z8wnzs-record\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile:
    running install
    running build
    Unable to execute 'make build -C atari_py/ale_interface -j 3'. HINT: are you sure `make` is installed?
    error: [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified

In my system when I type make:

C:\Users\xxxxxx>make
'make' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

So, clearly make is missing. But I installed make using conda:

C:\Users\xxxxxx>conda install mingw
Fetching package metadata .........
Solving package specifications: ..........

# All requested packages already installed.
# packages in environment at C:\Users\xxxxxx\AppData\Local\Continuum\Anaconda2:
#
mingw                     4.7

So I have mingw 4.7 already installed.

How could I remove the error and get the package?

Many thanks for the help.

Answer 1

make is not in your PATH. Do echo %PATH% and check if the path to your msys utilities is in there. Otherwise you can edit this variable by following the instructions here: Adding directory to PATH Environment Variable in Windows