How to install numpy, matplotlib, pylab, scipy on Azure

When I fixed some previous exception, new came up. I gave up at some point and started looking for lazy way to do it. The recommendations across the web are to use anaconda instead of PyPA (pip) package manager because it comes with the hard to compile on windows packages. However the Python Tools for Visual Studio new nothing about conda command so it tried to again download and compile through pip or easy_install. And here is the magic: - The precompiled pip wheels (.whl) can be found on this site http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/ - Download the binaries that you need to be installed in the virtualenv - Create app virtual environment if you do not have one Velin Georgiev blog image - Open Command Prompt that would add additional packages to the virtual env Velin Georgiev blog image - Execute pip install path_to_your_precompiled_package.whl Velin Georgiev blog image The package is successfully installed in the virtualenv. Cheers!
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anonymous user | 23 Apr 2016

Nice trick! I also found you could install the virtual environment as you would with virtualenv or my favorite, anaconda. Then add the virtual environment through the 'debug' tab and setting the paths to the python.exe, pythonw.exe, and the Lib folder for said environment.

anonymous user | 27 Jun 2016

Yes, it is working. Great tips! Kudos to Velin =)

anonymous user | 28 Sep 2016

Hi, how do I open the console with admin privileges directly? This opens with the admin privileges and hence I get an access denied error/