How to install CPLEX with python?

Question

I am trying to install cplex for python 2.7.9. I downloaded IBM ILOG CPLEX Studio Preview 12.6.1 32bit and I tried to install it from Pycharm (using the GUI and the install package button) but I got this error message:

Figuring out CPlex setup.


Targeting 32bit platform.

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<string>", line 17, in <module>

  File "C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Temp\pycharm-packaging0.tmp\pycpx\setup.py", line 148, in <module>

    "concert include directory", 'and', '', False)

  File "C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Temp\pycharm-packaging0.tmp\pycpx\setup.py", line 145, in find_path

    % (name, (', '.join(goal_list))))

Exception: CPLEX concert include directory not found: please set environment variable CPLEX_PATH to point to the base of the CPlex/Concert installation. Attempting to find files: ilconcert/iloexpression.h, ilconcert/iloalg.h, ilconcert/iloenv.h, ilconcert/ilosolution.h.

----------------------------------------
Cleaning up...
Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\me\AppData\Local\Temp\pycharm-packaging0.tmp\pycpx
Storing debug log for failure in C:\Users\me\pip\pip.log

Alternatively, I tried to install it from cmd.exe using python setup.py install and I got this output:

C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\ILOG\CPLEX_Studio_Preview1261\cplex\python\2.7\x86_win32>python setup.py
install
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build\lib
creating build\lib\cplex
copying cplex\callbacks.py -> build\lib\cplex
copying cplex\six.py -> build\lib\cplex
copying cplex\__init__.py -> build\lib\cplex
creating build\lib\cplex\_internal
copying cplex\_internal\_aux_functions.py -> build\lib\cplex\_internal
copying cplex\_internal\_constants.py -> build\lib\cplex\_internal
copying cplex\_internal\_list_array_utils.py -> build\lib\cplex\_internal
copying cplex\_internal\_matrices.py -> build\lib\cplex\_internal
copying cplex\_internal\_ostream.py -> build\lib\cplex\_internal
copying cplex\_internal\_parameters_auto.py -> build\lib\cplex\_internal
copying cplex\_internal\_parameter_classes.py -> build\lib\cplex\_internal
copying cplex\_internal\_parameter_hierarchy.py -> build\lib\cplex\_internal
copying cplex\_internal\_procedural.py -> build\lib\cplex\_internal
copying cplex\_internal\_pycplex.py -> build\lib\cplex\_internal
copying cplex\_internal\_pycplex_platform.py -> build\lib\cplex\_internal
copying cplex\_internal\_subinterfaces.py -> build\lib\cplex\_internal
copying cplex\_internal\__init__.py -> build\lib\cplex\_internal
creating build\lib\cplex\exceptions
copying cplex\exceptions\error_codes.py -> build\lib\cplex\exceptions
copying cplex\exceptions\__init__.py -> build\lib\cplex\exceptions
copying cplex\_internal\py27_cplex1261.pyd -> build\lib\cplex\_internal
copying cplex\_internal\cplex1261.dll -> build\lib\cplex\_internal
running install_lib
copying build\lib\cplex\callbacks.py -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex
copying build\lib\cplex\exceptions\error_codes.py -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\exceptions
copying build\lib\cplex\exceptions\__init__.py -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\exceptions
copying build\lib\cplex\six.py -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex
copying build\lib\cplex\_internal\cplex1261.dll -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal
copying build\lib\cplex\_internal\py27_cplex1261.pyd -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_interna
l
copying build\lib\cplex\_internal\_aux_functions.py -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal

copying build\lib\cplex\_internal\_constants.py -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal
copying build\lib\cplex\_internal\_list_array_utils.py -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_inter
nal
copying build\lib\cplex\_internal\_matrices.py -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal
copying build\lib\cplex\_internal\_ostream.py -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal
copying build\lib\cplex\_internal\_parameters_auto.py -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_intern
al
copying build\lib\cplex\_internal\_parameter_classes.py -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_inte
rnal
copying build\lib\cplex\_internal\_parameter_hierarchy.py -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_in
ternal
copying build\lib\cplex\_internal\_procedural.py -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal
copying build\lib\cplex\_internal\_pycplex.py -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal
copying build\lib\cplex\_internal\_pycplex_platform.py -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_inter
nal
copying build\lib\cplex\_internal\_subinterfaces.py -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal

copying build\lib\cplex\_internal\__init__.py -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal
copying build\lib\cplex\__init__.py -> C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex
byte-compiling C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\callbacks.py to callbacks.pyc
byte-compiling C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\exceptions\error_codes.py to error_codes.pyc
byte-compiling C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\exceptions\__init__.py to __init__.pyc
byte-compiling C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\six.py to six.pyc
byte-compiling C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal\_aux_functions.py to _aux_functions.pyc

byte-compiling C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal\_constants.py to _constants.pyc
byte-compiling C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal\_list_array_utils.py to _list_array_uti
ls.pyc
byte-compiling C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal\_matrices.py to _matrices.pyc
byte-compiling C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal\_ostream.py to _ostream.pyc
byte-compiling C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal\_parameters_auto.py to _parameters_auto
.pyc
byte-compiling C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal\_parameter_classes.py to _parameter_cla
sses.pyc
byte-compiling C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal\_parameter_hierarchy.py to _parameter_h
ierarchy.pyc
byte-compiling C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal\_procedural.py to _procedural.pyc
byte-compiling C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal\_pycplex.py to _pycplex.pyc
byte-compiling C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal\_pycplex_platform.py to _pycplex_platfo
rm.pyc
byte-compiling C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal\_subinterfaces.py to _subinterfaces.pyc

byte-compiling C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal\__init__.py to __init__.pyc
byte-compiling C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex\__init__.py to __init__.pyc
running install_egg_info
Removing C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex-12.6.1.0-py2.7.egg-info
Writing C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\cplex-12.6.1.0-py2.7.egg-info

But when I type import cplex I got this error:

import cplex
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\IPython\core\interactiveshell.py", line 2735, in run_code
    exec code_obj in self.user_global_ns, self.user_ns
  File "<ipython-input-11-062a62e47666>", line 1, in <module>
    import cplex
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\JetBrains\PyCharm Community Edition 4.5\helpers\pydev\pydev_import_hook.py", line 21, in do_import
    module = self._system_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\cplex\__init__.py", line 43, in <module>
    from . import _internal
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\JetBrains\PyCharm Community Edition 4.5\helpers\pydev\pydev_import_hook.py", line 21, in do_import
    module = self._system_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\cplex\_internal\__init__.py", line 21, in <module>
    from . import _aux_functions
ImportError: cannot import name _aux_functions

Please can anyone help me?

Answer 1

You might just want to set the path in your environment variables for python to tell that CPLEX is at this location. Like CPLEXhome/python/PLATFORM/.