Error while installing RASA

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Hello,

I’m getting below error while installing rasa on windows. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ERROR: Collecting matplotlib==3.0.3 Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/26/04/8b381d5b166508cc258632b225adbafec49bbe69aa9a4fa1f1b461428313/matplotlib-3.0.3.tar.gz ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: command: ‘c:\users\xxxxx\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\python.exe’ -c ‘import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = ‘"’"‘C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-eepnzm15\matplotlib\setup.py’"’"’; file=’"’"‘C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-eepnzm15\matplotlib\setup.py’"’"’;f=getattr(tokenize, ‘"’"‘open’"’"’, open)(file);code=f.read().replace(’"’"’\r\n’"’"’, ‘"’"’\n’"’"’);f.close();exec(compile(code, file, ‘"’"‘exec’"’"’))’ egg_info --egg-base ‘C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-eepnzm15\matplotlib\pip-egg-info’ cwd: C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-eepnzm15\matplotlib
Complete output (47 lines): ============================================================================ Edit setup.cfg to change the build options

BUILDING MATPLOTLIB
            matplotlib: yes [3.0.3]
                python: yes [3.8.1 (tags/v3.8.1:1b293b6, Dec 18 2019,
                        22:39:24) [MSC v.1916 32 bit (Intel)]]
              platform: yes [win32]

REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES AND EXTENSIONS
                 numpy: yes [not found. pip may install it below.]
      install_requires: yes [handled by setuptools]
                libagg: yes [pkg-config information for 'libagg' could not
                        be found. Using local copy.]
              freetype: no  [The C/C++ header for freetype
                        (freetype2\ft2build.h) could not be found.  You may
                        need to install the development package.]
                   png: no  [The C/C++ header for png (png.h) could not be
                        found.  You may need to install the development
                        package.]
                 qhull: yes [pkg-config information for 'libqhull' could not
                        be found. Using local copy.]

OPTIONAL SUBPACKAGES
           sample_data: yes [installing]
              toolkits: yes [installing]
                 tests: no  [skipping due to configuration]
        toolkits_tests: no  [skipping due to configuration]

OPTIONAL BACKEND EXTENSIONS
                   agg: yes [installing]
                 tkagg: yes [installing; run-time loading from Python Tcl /
                        Tk]
                macosx: no  [Mac OS-X only]
             windowing: yes [installing]

OPTIONAL PACKAGE DATA
                  dlls: no  [skipping due to configuration]

============================================================================
                        * The following required packages can not be built:
                        * freetype, png
                        * Please check http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packa
                        * ges/freetype.htm for instructions to install
                        * freetype
                        * Please check http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packa
                        * ges/libpng.htm for instructions to install png
----------------------------------------

ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.

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Welcome to the forum. The recommended method for Windows is to install on a VM. There is a full description here.