Error pip installing wheel file from github repository (to download pycocotools) - tensorflow

Question

I am installing Tensorflow (1.15.0) in order to perform some deep learning object detection, but am having trouble pip installing pycocotools. I am following this tutorial, which is an updated tutorial originally from YouTube channel Sentdex. I am also using the Anaconda Prompt for this purpose.
After creating and activating a conda environment and installing all the needed packages (TensorFlow, lxml, etc.), I am trying to run the command pip install pycocotools package, but get the following error:
Building wheels for collected packages: pycocotools
Building wheel for pycocotools (setup.py) ... error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: 'C:\anaconda3\envs\object\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-f_16w712\\pycocotools\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-f_16w712\\pycocotools\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' bdist_wheel -d 'C:\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-au01c73g'
cwd: C:\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-f_16w712\pycocotools\
Complete output (16 lines):
running bdist_wheel
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.7
creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\pycocotools
copying pycocotools\coco.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\pycocotools
copying pycocotools\cocoeval.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\pycocotools
copying pycocotools\mask.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\pycocotools
copying pycocotools\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\pycocotools
running build_ext
cythoning pycocotools/_mask.pyx to pycocotools\_mask.c
C:\anaconda3\envs\object\lib\site-packages\Cython\Compiler\Main.py:369: FutureWarning: Cython directive 'language_level' not set, using 2 for now (Py2). This will change in a later release! File: C:\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-f_16w712\pycocotools\pycocotools\_mask.pyx
tree = Parsing.p_module(s, pxd, full_module_name)
building 'pycocotools._mask' extension
error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required. Get it with "Build Tools for Visual Studio": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
----------------------------------------
ERROR: Failed building wheel for pycocotools
Running setup.py clean for pycocotools
Failed to build pycocotools
Installing collected packages: pycocotools
Running setup.py install for pycocotools ... error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: 'C:\anaconda3\envs\object\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-f_16w712\\pycocotools\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-f_16w712\\pycocotools\\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:\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-bjfh6urg\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'C:\anaconda3\envs\object\Include\pycocotools'
cwd: C:\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-f_16w712\pycocotools\
Complete output (14 lines):
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.7
creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\pycocotools
copying pycocotools\coco.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\pycocotools
copying pycocotools\cocoeval.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\pycocotools
copying pycocotools\mask.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\pycocotools
copying pycocotools\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.7\pycocotools
running build_ext
skipping 'pycocotools\_mask.c' Cython extension (up-to-date)
building 'pycocotools._mask' extension
error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required. Get it with "Build Tools for Visual Studio": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: 'C:\anaconda3\envs\object\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-f_16w712\\pycocotools\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-f_16w712\\pycocotools\\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:\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-bjfh6urg\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'C:\anaconda3\envs\object\Include\pycocotools' Check the logs for full command output.
Apparently, there is a wheel file that needs to be downloaded from this github repository, under the subdirectory PythonAPI. I ran this code to do so:
pip install git+https://github.com/philferriere/cocoapi#egg=pycocotools^subdirectory==PythonAPI
The following error is produced:
Collecting pycocotoolssubdirectory==PythonAPI
Cloning https://github.com/philferriere/cocoapi to c:\appdata\local\temp\pip-install-c_lq0qhi\pycocotoolssubdirectory
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: 'C:\anaconda3\envs\object\python.exe' -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-c_lq0qhi\\pycocotoolssubdirectory\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-c_lq0qhi\\pycocotoolssubdirectory\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' egg_info --egg-base 'C:\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-pip-egg-info-0mcbi3nr'
cwd: C:\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-c_lq0qhi\pycocotoolssubdirectory\
Complete output (5 lines):
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:\anaconda3\envs\object\lib\tokenize.py", line 447, in open
buffer = _builtin_open(filename, 'rb')
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-c_lq0qhi\\pycocotoolssubdirectory\\setup.py'
----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.
How can I successfully install this repository? I need the wheel file so that I can proceed with the pycocotools installation. Note: I have installed the latest version of pip, so that isn't the issue.

Answer 1

Try running it as follows:
pip install pycocotools-windows
as suggested here.