Error when install picamera on python 3.5.2 windows 10

Question

I tried to install the picamera to my python 3.5 on windows 10 with pip 9.

Also,i looked online and know that i need to install pyyaml and i did. Its really strange, some suggestion is that the pip need to be the same location as setup.py? which is even more confusing. Anyway, below is what i did, hope it help.

Excuted command:

pip install --user picamera

Command Output:

Collecting picamera
  Using cached picamera-1.13.tar.gz
Building wheels for collected packages: picamera
  Running setup.py bdist_wheel for picamera: started
  Running setup.py bdist_wheel for picamera: finished with status 'error'
  Complete output from command C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='C:\\Users\\Dell\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pycharm-packaging\\picamera\\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:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpfj3othpnpip-wheel- --python-tag cp35:
  running bdist_wheel
  running build
  running build_py
  creating build
  creating build\lib
  creating build\lib\picamera
  copying picamera\array.py -> build\lib\picamera
  copying picamera\bcm_host.py -> build\lib\picamera
  copying picamera\camera.py -> build\lib\picamera
  copying picamera\color.py -> build\lib\picamera
  copying picamera\display.py -> build\lib\picamera
  copying picamera\encoders.py -> build\lib\picamera
  copying picamera\exc.py -> build\lib\picamera
  copying picamera\frames.py -> build\lib\picamera
  copying picamera\mmal.py -> build\lib\picamera
  copying picamera\mmalobj.py -> build\lib\picamera
  copying picamera\renderers.py -> build\lib\picamera
  copying picamera\streams.py -> build\lib\picamera
  copying picamera\__init__.py -> build\lib\picamera
  running egg_info
  writing picamera.egg-info\PKG-INFO
  writing requirements to picamera.egg-info\requires.txt
  writing dependency_links to picamera.egg-info\dependency_links.txt
  writing top-level names to picamera.egg-info\top_level.txt
  warning: manifest_maker: standard file '-c' not found

  reading manifest file 'picamera.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'
  reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
  no previously-included directories found matching 'debian'
  no previously-included directories found matching 'docs'
  writing manifest file 'picamera.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'
  warning: build_py: byte-compiling is disabled, skipping.

  installing to build\bdist.win-amd64\wheel
  running install
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Temp\pycharm-packaging\picamera\setup.py", line 101, in run
      with io.open('/proc/cpuinfo', 'r') as cpuinfo:
  FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/proc/cpuinfo'

  During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
    File "C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Temp\pycharm-packaging\picamera\setup.py", line 145, in <module>
      main()
    File "C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Temp\pycharm-packaging\picamera\setup.py", line 140, in main
      cmdclass             = {'install': CustomInstallCommand},
    File "C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\lib\distutils\core.py", line 148, in setup
      dist.run_commands()
    File "C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 955, in run_commands
      self.run_command(cmd)
    File "C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 974, in run_command
      cmd_obj.run()
    File "C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python35\site-packages\wheel\bdist_wheel.py", line 240, in run
      self.run_command('install')
    File "C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
      self.distribution.run_command(command)
    File "C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 974, in run_command
      cmd_obj.run()
    File "C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Temp\pycharm-packaging\picamera\setup.py", line 113, in run
      raise ValueError('Unable to open /proc/cpuinfo')
  ValueError: Unable to open /proc/cpuinfo

  ----------------------------------------
  Running setup.py clean for picamera
Failed to build picamera
Installing collected packages: picamera
  Running setup.py install for picamera: started
    Running setup.py install for picamera: finished with status 'error'
    Complete output from command C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='C:\\Users\\Dell\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pycharm-packaging\\picamera\\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:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-x3ancwkq-record\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --user --prefix=:
    running install
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Temp\pycharm-packaging\picamera\setup.py", line 101, in run
        with io.open('/proc/cpuinfo', 'r') as cpuinfo:
    FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/proc/cpuinfo'

    During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Temp\pycharm-packaging\picamera\setup.py", line 145, in <module>
        main()
      File "C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Temp\pycharm-packaging\picamera\setup.py", line 140, in main
        cmdclass             = {'install': CustomInstallCommand},
      File "C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\lib\distutils\core.py", line 148, in setup
        dist.run_commands()
      File "C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 955, in run_commands
        self.run_command(cmd)
      File "C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 974, in run_command
        cmd_obj.run()
      File "C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Temp\pycharm-packaging\picamera\setup.py", line 113, in run
        raise ValueError('Unable to open /proc/cpuinfo')
    ValueError: Unable to open /proc/cpuinfo

    ----------------------------------------

  Failed building wheel for picamera
Command "C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='C:\\Users\\Dell\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pycharm-packaging\\picamera\\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:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-x3ancwkq-record\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile --user --prefix=" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Temp\pycharm-packaging\picamera\

Error occured:

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/proc/cpuinfo'

Tried to install it with pycharm and still no luck

Answer 1

Although it's old, might be useful to anyone who runs into the same problem. Steps.

1. Open terminal (if you have a virtual env, activate it)
2. type "set READTHEDOCS=True"
3. pip install picamera OR 4.pip install picamera[array]

Answer 2

I encountered the same problem when i was working with Kivy and python

Got an error saying "No module named picamera found"

Solution which helped me get through that :

pip install opencv-python

Yes.! it helped me, might work for you.

Edit : I tried this on Python 3.7 (OS : Windows 10)

Answer 3

FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/proc/cpuinfo'

Cause the file only exists in the linux or unix-like System , not in the Windows system or the mac System.That's why you can't intall successfully.