How to Install Package "Wordcloud" in Python?

I am trying to install wordcloud in my system using pip. But i have received the below mentioned error. I tried many ways to install but I failed. hope any one from you can help me.

C:\Users\AVATAR>pip install wordcloud
Collecting wordcloud
  Using cached wordcloud-1.6.0.tar.gz (214 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: numpy>=1.6.1 in c:\python\lib\site-packages (from wordcloud) (1.16.4)
Requirement already satisfied: pillow in c:\python\lib\site-packages (from wordcloud) (6.2.1)
Requirement already satisfied: matplotlib in c:\python\lib\site-packages (from wordcloud) (3.1.3)
Requirement already satisfied: kiwisolver>=1.0.1 in c:\python\lib\site-packages (from matplotlib->wordcloud) (1.1.0)
Requirement already satisfied: python-dateutil>=2.1 in c:\python\lib\site-packages (from matplotlib->wordcloud) (2.8.1)
Requirement already satisfied: pyparsing!=2.0.4,!=2.1.2,!=2.1.6,>=2.0.1 in c:\python\lib\site-packages (from matplotlib->wordcloud) (2.4.6)
Requirement already satisfied: cycler>=0.10 in c:\python\lib\site-packages (from matplotlib->wordcloud) (0.10.0)
Requirement already satisfied: setuptools in c:\python\lib\site-packages (from kiwisolver>=1.0.1->matplotlib->wordcloud) (40.6.2)
Requirement already satisfied: six>=1.5 in c:\users\avatar\appdata\roaming\python\python37\site-packages (from python-dateutil>=2.1->matplotlib->wordcloud) (1.11.0)
Installing collected packages: wordcloud
    Running setup.py install for wordcloud ... error
    ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: 'c:\python\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\AVATAR\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-resmy70s\\wordcloud\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\AVATAR\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-resmy70s\\wordcloud\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\AVATAR\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-fq23o1gz\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'c:\python\Include\wordcloud'
         cwd: C:\Users\AVATAR\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-resmy70s\wordcloud\
    Complete output (20 lines):
    running install
    running build
    running build_py
    creating build
    creating build\lib.win32-3.7
    creating build\lib.win32-3.7\wordcloud
    copying wordcloud\color_from_image.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\wordcloud
    copying wordcloud\tokenization.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\wordcloud
    copying wordcloud\wordcloud.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\wordcloud
    copying wordcloud\wordcloud_cli.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\wordcloud
    copying wordcloud\_version.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\wordcloud
    copying wordcloud\__init__.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\wordcloud
    copying wordcloud\__main__.py -> build\lib.win32-3.7\wordcloud
    copying wordcloud\stopwords -> build\lib.win32-3.7\wordcloud
    copying wordcloud\DroidSansMono.ttf -> build\lib.win32-3.7\wordcloud
    UPDATING build\lib.win32-3.7\wordcloud/_version.py
    set build\lib.win32-3.7\wordcloud/_version.py to '1.6.0'
    running build_ext
    building 'wordcloud.query_integral_image' extension
    error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required. Get it with "Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools": 
    ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: 'c:\python\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\AVATAR\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-resmy70s\\wordcloud\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\AVATAR\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-resmy70s\\wordcloud\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\AVATAR\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-fq23o1gz\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'c:\python\Include\wordcloud' Check the logs for full command output.

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4 Answers

How to install wordcloud

  1. Check for the version of wordcloud available for the version of python and operating system you are using visiting this link:

  2. install wordcloud using below code:

    pip install wordcloud -version-compatible-operatingsystem

Another method to install wordcloud

  1. In Anaconda prompt
  2. conda install -c conda-forge wordcloud

In the Anaconda prompt, enter: conda install -c wordcloud

After this, start python shell, and try to import the wordcloud module. It should be imported successfully

Try creating a virtual environment in python and then try pip install wordcloud.

If creating virtual environment doesn't work. Try installing anaconda :

  • install Anaconda
  • open anaconda terminal
  • install wordcloud using pip command
  • launch IDE from anaconda
  • Run program from IDE's terminal

and Done...

Just download wordcloud_version_for_your_config.whl from pypip, then install it manually from CMD:

pip install 'path_to_file/wordcloud_version_for_your_config.whl'
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