Install Shapely: OSError: [WinError 126] The specified module could not be found

Question

I have to install Shapely package (http://toblerity.org/shapely/project.html#installation). But when I am using:

pip install Shapely

I am getting this error:

Collecting Shapely
  Using cached Shapely-1.5.17.tar.gz
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "C:\Users\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-mwuxcain\Shapely\setup.py", line 38, in <module>
        from shapely._buildcfg import geos_version_string, geos_version, \
      File "C:\Users\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-mwuxcain\Shapely\shapely\_buildcfg.py", line 200, in <module>
        lgeos = CDLL("geos.dll")
      File "C:\Users\Anaconda3\lib\ctypes\__init__.py", line 344, in __init__
        self._handle = _dlopen(self._name, mode)
    OSError: [WinError 126] The specified module could not be found

    ----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-mwuxcain\Shapely\

And, when I am using:

conda install shapely

I am getting this error:

Fetching package metadata ...........


PackageNotFoundError: Package not found: Conda could not find '

I am using Python 3.6.0 (Anaconda3) on Windows 10 (64-bit).

Please help. (nothing works)

`conda install shapely` -- pip rarely works for things like this on windows — Paul H, Jun 06 '17 at 19:29
sorry, you might need to pull it from the conda-forge channel: `conda install shapely --channel=conda-forge` — Paul H, Jun 06 '17 at 19:40

Beginner · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-19T17:04:09.907

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Download WHL file using http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#shapely

Install:

python -m pip install Shapely-1.5.17-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl

Ubuntu:

pip install shapely==1.6b2

edited Oct 19 '17 at 17:04

answered Jun 06 '17 at 19:58

Beginner

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score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 22 '20 at 19:09

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You can also use

conda install -c conda-forge shapely

It worked for me.

edited Nov 22 '20 at 19:09

Georgy

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answered Jan 25 '20 at 06:51

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 31 '21 at 23:19

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pip install shapely was not working but conda install shapely worked fine for me (windows user)

answered Jan 31 '21 at 23:19

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 25 '20 at 17:52

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Solution which worked for me (Windows Server):

Install osgeo4w from https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/
copy geos_c.dll and geos.dll to C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\Library\bin

answered Sep 25 '20 at 17:52

Anatoly Alekseev

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Jul 02 '21 at 06:12

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https://www.programmersought.com/article/70235795361/

copy "[env path]\LIb\site-packages\shapely\DLLs\geos*.dll" to "[env path]\Library\bin"

edited Jul 02 '21 at 06:12

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answered Jul 02 '21 at 06:11

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While the code might answer he question ,we cant trust the content in the link to do so. Could you append this answer with an explanation on what your snipped does? – Simas Joneliunas Jul 03 '21 at 05:27

Install Shapely: OSError: [WinError 126] The specified module could not be found

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