Error loading cartopy: error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

Question

I am trying to load cartopy onto my system using pip install cartopy

The version of Python environment I am using is 3.5.3, which I am unable to change. I'm getting the following error:

error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

It also gives me this error:

Command "/opt/apps/python/3.5.3/bin/python3.5 -u -c "import setuptools, 
tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip-build- 
eprit6ql/cartopy/setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open) 
(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, 
__file__, 'exec'))" install --record /tmp/pip-4mg12j4p-record/install- 
record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --user --prefix=" 
failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-eprit6ql/cartopy/

(Sorry it's a little messy)

If there's another way to install using pip or a similar alternative (like basemap for example) that could be recommended that would be helpful too!

Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

Installation instructions recommend to use conda . If you want to install from sources (using pip ) you have to install a number of requirements .

PS. And to help us to help you you'd better show us the full error message. 'gcc' failed is not enough to understand what's going on.