How may I use CGAL in Python?

Question

It seems to me that the CGAL documentation is not well documented. I am totally lost with how to use their packages in Python.

I have installed CGAL-4.3 on my Windows, and I tried to do

In [233]: """ python 2.4"""
   .....: from CGAL.Alpha_shapes_2 import *
   .....: from CGAL.Triangulations_2 import Delaunay_triangulation_2
   .....: from CGAL.Kernel import *
   .....: from ShapeHelper import *
   .....: import numpy as np
   .....: import sys

Error message says

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ImportError                               Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-233-4807de38949d> in <module>()
      1 """ python 2.4"""
----> 2 from CGAL.Alpha_shapes_2 import *
      3 from CGAL.Triangulations_2 import Delaunay_triangulation_2
      4 from CGAL.Kernel import *
      5 from ShapeHelper import *

ImportError: No module named CGAL.Alpha_shapes_2

What should I do so that I can import these modules correctly?

After I can import them, it is as easy as using any other modules in python.

Answer 1

There are some Unofficial binaries to go with python scientific-extension packages that are not compatible with Windows out of the box.

There is one for CGAL-python in the link provided, a little ways down.