Where are the Windows binaries, eg. 2.2.0 ?

[LocalStarlight]

Trying to figure out how to install Mapnik on Windows is like some insane puzzle, I have been going round in circles for about an hour now...
Various links suggest I should be able to get the v2.2.0 Windows binary from the downloads page, but it's not there (unless it's really, really hidden).

I downloaded the latest version and tried to build it, but totally failed.

How can I get Mapnik running on Windows? Where can I download the 2.2.0 binary?

[hummeltech]

I believe you can very easily install mapnik on Windows using vcpkg:
https://vcpkg.link/ports/mapnik

Hope that helps you!

[mathisloge]

yeah, either build with vcpkg or yourself directly with cmake.
https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/blob/master/docs/cmake-usage.md

[LocalStarlight]

Thanks so much for the responses. You'll have to forgive my ignorance, because I'm more of an artist than a coder, but I'm not sure what to do next.

I'm in a very similar situation to the person asking the question here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72362395/what-are-the-next-steps-after-installing-mapnik-with-vcpkg-to-see-mapnik-usage

I have installed Mpanik with vcpkg. This page says that you can check Mapnik is installed with the following:
mapnik-config -v # should return a version number.

But I just get this error:
mapnik-config : The term 'mapnik-config' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.

So I'm not clear to what extent Mapnik is now 'installed' after using vcpkg (which is new to me in itself).

Essentially, the point I'm trying to get to is to be able to run Python scripts to render OSM stuff using Mapnik. What do I need to do to get to that point after installing using vcpkg?

[dch0ph]

If you create want to use mapnik with OSM data, you would be frankly best to work through docker or WSL, as suggested in the stackoverflow answer above. Getting Postgres running, importing the OSM data, connecting the postgres database to mapnik is non trivial, and all the HOWTO guides are for Linux-type environments. Recommend starting from nik4 for the final rendering.