Error when installing rpy2 module in Python with easy_install

Question

I\'ve been trying to install the rpy2 module so I can use R functions inside my Python script, but I\'m getting an error after following the advice from these pages:

Answer 1

Installing rpy2 on windows is straight forward using conda

conda install rpy2

Answer 2

There's a much easier way to go about this - install rpy2 from Christoph Gohlke's Python Extension Packages for Windows repository here. Download the rpy2‑2.5.5‑cp34‑none‑win_amd64.whl file (the current version at the time of this writing), change to the download folder on the command line, and run

pip install rpy2‑2.5.5‑cp34‑none‑win_amd64.whl

pip is already included in Python 3.4, and should be used instead of easy_install when installing new modules, as easy_install is deprecated.