Biopython install error anaconda on windows

Question

from c:/users/me/anaconda3/scripts I pip install biopython but it fails with the following errors: c:\\users\\steph\\anaconda3\\include\\pyconfig.h(243): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'basetsd.h': No such file or directory error: command 'C:\\\\Program Files (x86)\\\\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\\\\VC\\\\BIN\\\\x86_amd64\\\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2

Confusingly, I do have a pyconfig.h in c:\\users\\steph\\anaconda3\\include. Cannot find what an exit status 2 is either...

Answer 1

Biopython recommends installing through conda if your python is also installed through conda . See here .