How to install mayavi on windows for python 3 via conda?

Question

I have a python 3 virtual environment managed by conda on windows. I want to install the Mayavi package via

conda install mayavi

but he says that it requires python 2.7.

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user1735003 18 jul. 17 at 13:12

2 answers

Here's what you can try:

If you have Visual Studio and native Python development tools installed.

In Anaconda3 you can get VTK7.1.x from clinical graphics

conda install -c clinicalgraphics vtk

Open VS20xx x64 virtual command line, set your PATH correctly for python: for example

C:\Anaconda3\Scripts\activate.bat C:\Anaconda3

Then install mayavi using pip from source.

pip install mayavi

It compiles successfully with VS2017 and Python 3.6 on Windows 10.

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Wang tinghui 20 nov. 17 at 18:34

user1735003 · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-18T13:12:02+0000

Good luck with the package mayavi

available on other channels, search the Anaconda website .

As of today, the one supported on the channel is conda-forge

compatible with python 3.5 and 3.6. To install it,

conda install -c conda-forge mayavi

If mayavi

not working with

ImportError: Could not import backend for traits

it could be because qt is not installed or that qt5 is installed - in which case it needs to be downgraded

conda install pyqt=4