what about Windows

[heinkurz]

Seems to be a great package but what about Windows?
With Windows 11 and Python 3.12.8 I did "pip install starplot" and got this error:
...
File "C:\Users\fickd\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\subprocess.py", line 1538, in _execute_child
hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 2]
[end of output]

[steveberardi]

I don't have any machines running Windows, so haven't tried running Starplot there. But, as long as GDAL/GEOS can run on windows, then it should be possible. I'd welcome any PR with instructions on how to install Starplot on windows - see here :)

As an alternative, you could run Starplot through a Docker container on windows. Here's a basic Dockerfile that'll get you up and running:

FROM python:3.11.7-bookworm AS base

WORKDIR /starplot

# Install required system libraries (GEOS + GDAL)
RUN apt-get clean && apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y libgeos-dev libgdal-dev

RUN pip install starplot

Even on my mac, I prefer running everything through Docker like this to help keep environments isolated (and consistent across my machine, CI, etc).

Also, I'd recommend using Python 3.11 to run Starplot. Python 3.12 is supported, but many of Starplot's dependencies do not have binary wheels for 3.12 so installation can take longer.