Install pycocotools under Windows (2022.01 pro test is feasible)

When reproducing Mask RCNN, you need pycocotools, tried online tutorials, and finally concluded by yourself. . .

Try the following:

1. Install git

conda install git

2. Install cython

pip install cython

3. Download and install pycocotools, it should be that someone rewrote this library under win

pip install git+https://github.com/philferriere/cocoapi.git#subdirectory=PythonAPI

However, after trying

Report an error, let's just say

 Or that I don't have visual c++: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required. Get it with "Microsoft C++ Build Tools": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/

 Then I give up on this method, so skip to 4

4. Directly download the pycocotools from Tsinghua source to the lib of your current anaonda virtual environment (for example, mine is D:\Anaconda\envs\cnn\Lib), and then pip install is ok

Download link: Links for pycocotools-windows

For example, my python version is 3.7, then download pycocotools_windows-2.0.0.1-cp37-cp37m-win_amd64.whl

Then, success.

There is also no need to install vs or the like.

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But I found that although pycocotools is installed successfully, it will not compile, so I will next vc

Reference link:

https://github.com/philferriere/cocoapi

If the installation package is missing or damaged, refer to the link below to download a new installation package. Install visual studio C++ build tools on win10, prompting that the installation package is missing or damaged