Thanks, we will try to push conda. Is there any way to upgrade the import error to one that suggests installing the redistributable?
On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 9:22 AM Wes McKinney <wesmck...@gmail.com> wrote: > Since we use C++11, this requirement would occur with any Python > package that requires VS >= 2015 to build. > > This is one of many reasons we recommend using conda to organizations > because things like the VS runtime are automatically handled. I'm not > sure if there's a way to equivalently handle this with pip > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 9:16 AM John Muehlhausen <j...@jgm.org> wrote: > > > > "pip install pyarrow > > If you encounter any importing issues of the pip wheels on Windows, you > may > > need to install the Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015." > > > > http://arrow.apache.org/docs/python/install.html > > > > Just now wading into the use of pyarrow on Windows. Users are confused > and > > irritated that numpy and pandas work out of the box (pip, python 3.7.9, > > Windows 10) but pyarrow requires this additional step. > > > > Numpy is backed by C code, correct? Is this pyarrow requirement due to > the > > use of C++? Should there be a more descriptive error than "ImportError: > > DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found." ? > > > > Is there a way to install the redistributable with pip, in order to > > maintain a consistent user experience? > > > > Thanks, > > John >
