Failing on install talib in windows 7

Question

I'm trying to install TALib in Windows, but I'm getting this error:

   common.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol TA_GetUnstablePeriod referenced in function __pyx_pf_5talib_6common_8_ta_get_unstable_period
    build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\talib\common.pyd : fatal error LNK1120: 5 unresolved externals
    error: command 'C:\\Users\\felipe.ferminiano\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Common\\Microsoft\\Visual C++ for Python\\9.0\\VC\\Bin\\amd64\\link.exe' failed with exit status 1120

    ----------------------------------------
Command "C:\ProgramData\Anaconda2\python.exe -u -c 
    "import setuptools, tokenize;
        __file__='c:\\users\\felipe~1.fer\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-build-kye3ah\\TA-Lib\\setup.py';
        f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);
        code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');
        f.close();
        exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))"
    install --record c:\users\felipe~1.fer\appdata\local\temp\pip-al6w47-record\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile"
failed with error code 1 in c:\users\felipe~1.fer\appdata\local\temp\pip-build-kye3ah\TA-Lib\

when I run:

pip install TA-Lib

I already installed Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7. How can I fix this?

Answer 1

That error is mentioned in the README in the repository: GitHub Repo

Sometimes installation will produce build errors like this:

 func.c:256:28: fatal error: ta-lib/ta_libc.h: No such file or directory compilation terminated.

This typically means that it can't find the underlying TA-Lib library, a dependency which needs to be installed. On Windows, this could be caused by installing the 32-bit binary distribution of the underlying TA-Lib library, but trying to use it with 64-bit Python.

Since your error log contains amd64 it might well be that the 32bit vs 64bit issue is your actual problem.

The library is only distributed in 32-bit format (the compilation/linking dates are from 2007)

Check issue #11, GitHub - Issue #11 for hints on how to compile it yourself.

Answer 2

I had the same issue running Anaconda3/python3.5/JupiterNotebook: Check your version and download the appropriate binary from: https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#ta-lib

Upload and install:

!pip install TA_Lib-0.4.17-cp35-cp35m-win_amd64.whl

Answer 3

Ta-Lib installation requires that you install the binary dependency. This can be easily installed by installing the whl file. This file can be found in this link: https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#ta-lib . You can refer to this blog for detailed steps: https://blog.quantinsti.com/install-ta-lib-python/

I had done a parallel run between ta-lib and other packages and also by using jit compiler. But the results of ta-lib were much better. On the internet, you will find many solutions but installing through whl is the best approach.

I hope this helps.

Answer 4

just download the.whl file then save it inside your python libraries file and pip install TA_Lib-0.4.24-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl, before that try manually delete any file related to talib

Answer 5

The following steps solved the problem for me:

1. Step 1 . Goto the following URL and download the.whl file for Windows or Mac: https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#ta-lib
2. Step 2 . Goto Anaconda Command Prompt and type the below: C:\Users\UserName> pip install TA_Lib-0.4.21-cp37-cp37m-win_amd64.whl
3. Step 3 . If you do not get any error message then TA-Lib will be successfully installed.

Note: You will have to check your existing python version using below code and then choose the appropriate file in step 1:

import platform
print(platform.python_version())