Colab error : ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'geopandas'

Question

When I try to import geopandas package in "Google Colaboratory" I got the error "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'geopandas'".

I will appreciate your help. Thanks in advance.

Check this link https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51342408/how-do-i-install-python-packages-in-googles-colab — Karthik, Aug 16 '20 at 05:25

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 16 '20 at 05:25

Colaboratory comes with some non-base-Python packages "pre-installed"/already available for import. It doesn't include every single package however. For packages that aren't already included, like geopandas, you need to add a cell for installing the package:

% pip install geopandas

Run this cell before any cells where you want to import/use geopandas.

See also this SO thread (especially the answer by Doug Blank, a bit further down).

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 16 '20 at 05:40

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Check if geopandas is installed

>>> import sys
>>> 'geopandas' in sys.modules

To install the released version, you can use pip (in Google Colab, do not forget to include character ! before pip):

!pip install geopandas

Here is the notebook with only installing Gdal, geopandas and descartes to work ploting and spatial join. Geopandas Colab

edited Aug 16 '20 at 05:40

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answered Aug 16 '20 at 05:27

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 16 '20 at 05:47

Try running !pip install geopandas in a new cell. Don't forget the ! Exclamation mark.

Note: This method works for other libraries too. Simply !pip install 'package_name'

If you are running Python on your local machine, then open up Command Line and type pip install 'package_name' to install a package.

Colab error : ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'geopandas'

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