Python Pip install Error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat. Tried all solutions

I tried to install Scrapy for Python 2.7.8 (anaconda 2.1.0) 32-bit using pip install scrapy And I got this error error: Microsoft Visual C++ 10.0 is required (Unable to find vcvarsall.bat). I have followed the solutions found in these stackover flow questions. Nothing worked. Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7 Can’t find vcvarsall.bat file … Read more

How do I keep track of pip-installed packages in an Anaconda (Conda) environment?

I’ve installed and have been using the Anaconda Python distribution, and I have started using the Anaconda (Conda) environment. I can use the standard conda install... command to put packages from the distribution into my environments, but to use anything outside (i.e. Flask-WTF, flask-sqlalchemy, and alembic) I need to use pip install in the active environment. However, when I look at the contents of the environment, either in the directory, or using conda list these pip installed packages don’t show up.