conda install pychrono can not use cascade, Irrlicht, and other extensions

[MRiabov]

Sup pychrono, I'm a first time user, and conda install pychrono does not see pychrono.cascade, or pychrono.irrlicht, or any of the extensions.

You have the command here: https://projectchrono.org/pychrono/, which is the main page of the project (and where I expected to download it), but as I needed to import shapes it didn't work.

Specifically, I got import failure in python.

So point is - you probably should update the description for users like me that extensions won't work Also mention it here: https://api.projectchrono.org/development/pychrono_installation.html

[DanNegrut]

thanks - we'll correct the webpage. The installation instructions are at https://api.projectchrono.org/development/pychrono_installation.html. When you say "or any of the extensions" - what do you refer to? Irrlicht in fact should work. We'll look into Cascade, not sure about this.

[rserban]

@MRiabov - please follow the installation instructions for the conda PyChrono package at: https://api.projectchrono.org/development/pychrono_installation.html.

As explained there, the command on the banner you posted will not install a proper version of PyChrono.

[MRiabov]

Which is what I did already, but only 4-5 hours of questioning my sanity later after I first downloaded the package. You know.

[siddhu2310]

@rserban

I'm trying to install pychrono 9.0.1, it required a lot of dependencies and getting error, Could you update installation method or provide the yml file.

Also, which Python Version to use for proper installation.

[uebian]

@siddhu2310 Thank you for raising the issue. Our conda package building pipeline has recently changed and we haven't updated the document. We have simplified the installation process so you won't need to manually download and install packages as before. Could you please try using the following two command in the NEW environment to install PyChrono through conda? Thank you very much!

conda create -n chrono_test python=3.12 -c conda-forge
conda install pychrono -c projectchrono -c conda-forge