I tried to download PyCrypto for Python 3.7 but failed

Question

I ran command prompt as administrator then typed pip install pycrypto and got this error message:

Command ""c:\program files (x86)\python37-32\python.exe" -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;file='C:\Users\Berkay\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-yikt7auh\pycrypto\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\Berkay\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-rjhqqr19\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\Berkay\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-yikt7auh\pycrypto\

Answer 1

For easily installing python packages on windows install miniconda.

1.Open search and search for anaconda as follows:

2.Click on Anaconda Prompt, this will open a Anaconda command line for windows as given below:

3. For installing pycrypto write the command

   conda install -c anaconda pycrypto
   

   as given here. In this way pycrypto is installed using conda in windows environment:

4. To execute a script using anaconda in windows, first get the current working directory used by conda on your system using:

    import os
    os.getcwd()
   

   This will give the current working directory.

5. Then come out of python compiler into anaconda command line using:

    import sys
    sys.exit()
   

6. Put your code in current working directory as shown below:

7. Now execute this code using anaconda command line as shown below:

This concludes the tutorial for installing packages and compiling python code using conda on windows.