Having trouble while installing face_recognition using conda

Question

I tried to install face_recognition package using "conda install face_recognition -c conda-forge face_recognition"

and bumped into the following error:

PackageNotFoundError: Packages missing in current channels:

• face_recognition

We have searched for the packages in the following channels:

- https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/win-64

- https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noah

- https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/main/win-64

- https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/win-64

- https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/r/win-64

- https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/win-64

- https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/noarch

can someone please help me resolve this issue.

Answer 1

The package that you are trying to install is only able using pip , using the command pip install face_recognition .

I know it's a problem to install some packages using pip and others using conda, but you can always request the addition of the package to conda index...