python - Getting error code 1 while installing geopandas with pip

Question

This is the error I get when trying to install geopandas using pip install geopandas. I'm using Python 3.7.

Collecting geopandas
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/24/11/d77c157c16909bd77557d00798b05a5b6615ed60acb5900fbe6a65d35e93/geopandas-0.4.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting pyproj (from geopandas)
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/29/72/5c1888c4948a0c7b736d10e0f0f69966e7c0874a660222ed0a2c2c6daa9f/pyproj-1.9.5.1.tar.gz
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    using bundled proj4..
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "c:userspublicanaconda3libsite-packagessetuptoolsmsvc.py", line 489, in _find_latest_available_vc_ver
        return self.find_available_vc_vers()[-1]
    IndexError: list index out of range

    During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "C:UsersAVIMAT~1AppDataLocalTemppip-install-hnb_xdmppyprojsetup.py", line 72, in <module>
        objects = cc.compile(['nad2bin.c', 'src/pj_malloc.c'])
      File "c:userspublicanaconda3libdistutils\_msvccompiler.py", line 345, in compile
        self.initialize()
      File "c:userspublicanaconda3libdistutils\_msvccompiler.py", line 238, in initialize
        vc_env = _get_vc_env(plat_spec)
      File "c:userspublicanaconda3libsite-packagessetuptoolsmsvc.py", line 185, in msvc14_get_vc_env
        return EnvironmentInfo(plat_spec, vc_min_ver=14.0).return_env()
      File "c:userspublicanaconda3libsite-packagessetuptoolsmsvc.py", line 843, in __init__
        self.si = SystemInfo(self.ri, vc_ver)
      File "c:userspublicanaconda3libsite-packagessetuptoolsmsvc.py", line 485, in __init__
        self.vc_ver = vc_ver or self._find_latest_available_vc_ver()
      File "c:userspublicanaconda3libsite-packagessetuptoolsmsvc.py", line 492, in _find_latest_available_vc_ver
        raise distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError(err)
    distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required. Get it with "Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/

    ----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in C:UsersAVIMAT~1AppDataLocalTemppip-install-hnb_xdmppyproj

I have already tried a bunch of other methods, like upgrading setuptools or downloading the Fiona and GDAL binary files, but none of them seem to work.

Answer 1

As the Traceback says: Download this

https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/

This will give you the C++ libs required by the lib that you're installing