Python can't install Box2D swig.exe failed with error code 1

Question

I try to install Box2D on python but I get the error log:

C:\>pip3 install Box2D
Collecting Box2D
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/cc/7b/ddb96fea1fa5b24f8929714ef483f64c33e9649e7aae066e5f5023ea426a/Box2D-2.3.2.tar.gz
Building wheels for collected packages: Box2D
  Running setup.py bdist_wheel for Box2D ... error
  Complete output from command c:\users\hp-laptop\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='C:\\Users\\HP-LAP~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-r48_7g5v\\Box2D\\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\HP-LAP~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-d2ghuwrx --python-tag cp36:
  Using setuptools (version 40.5.0).
  running bdist_wheel
  running build
  running build_py
  creating build
  creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.6
  creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.6\Box2D
  copying library\Box2D\Box2D.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.6\Box2D
  copying library\Box2D\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.6\Box2D
  creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.6\Box2D\b2
  copying library\Box2D\b2\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.6\Box2D\b2
  running build_ext
  building 'Box2D._Box2D' extension
  swigging Box2D\Box2D.i to Box2D\Box2D_wrap.cpp
  C:\Users\HP-Laptop\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\swig.exe -python -c++ -IBox2D -small -O -includeall -ignoremissing -w201 -globals b2Globals -outdir library\Box2D -keyword -w511 -D_SWIG_KWARGS -o Box2D\Box2D_wrap.cpp Box2D\Box2D.i
  C:\Users\HP-Laptop\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Lib\pyprimtypes.swg(7) : Error: Syntax error in input(1).
  error: command 'C:\\Users\\HP-Laptop\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python36\\swig.exe' failed with exit status 1

  ----------------------------------------
  Failed building wheel for Box2D
  Running setup.py clean for Box2D
Failed to build Box2D
Installing collected packages: Box2D
  Running setup.py install for Box2D ... error
    Complete output from command c:\users\hp-laptop\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='C:\\Users\\HP-LAP~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-r48_7g5v\\Box2D\\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\HP-LAP~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-nv5dm4ru\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile:
    Using setuptools (version 40.5.0).
    running install
    running build
    running build_py
    creating build
    creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.6
    creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.6\Box2D
    copying library\Box2D\Box2D.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.6\Box2D
    copying library\Box2D\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.6\Box2D
    creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.6\Box2D\b2
    copying library\Box2D\b2\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.6\Box2D\b2
    running build_ext
    building 'Box2D._Box2D' extension
    swigging Box2D\Box2D.i to Box2D\Box2D_wrap.cpp
    C:\Users\HP-Laptop\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\swig.exe -python -c++ -IBox2D -small -O -includeall -ignoremissing -w201 -globals b2Globals -outdir library\Box2D -keyword -w511 -D_SWIG_KWARGS -o Box2D\Box2D_wrap.cpp Box2D\Box2D.i
    C:\Users\HP-Laptop\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Lib\pyprimtypes.swg(7) : Error: Syntax error in input(1).
    error: command 'C:\\Users\\HP-Laptop\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python36\\swig.exe' failed with exit status 1

    ----------------------------------------
Command "c:\users\hp-laptop\appdata\local\programs\python\python36\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='C:\\Users\\HP-LAP~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-r48_7g5v\\Box2D\\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\HP-LAP~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-nv5dm4ru\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\HP-LAP~1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-r48_7g5v\Box2D\

I tried all solutions for windows from Installing pocketsphinx python module: command 'swig.exe' failed without result.

How can I install Box2D and what means error code 1 by swig ?

Answer 1

Hello there I must be late but I hope this helps someone to solve his problem.

Just use any package manager like choco or conda or any other package manager to install the swig package to your machine then run the command to install box2d again.

choco install swig

pip install box2d-py

Answer 2

I got the same error for Box2D, but solved as follows.

I am using Anaconda environment with python3.6.

try these.

conda install swig

pip install box2d