Spark on Bluemix : !pip install --user shapely == Could not find library geos_c or load any of its variants
<pre><code>!pip install --user shapely
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<p>results in</p>

<pre><code>Collecting shapely
  Using cached Shapely-1.5.16.tar.gz
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Failed `CDLL(libgeos_c.so.1)`
    Failed `CDLL(libgeos_c.so)`
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "&lt;string&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt;
      File "/gpfs/global_fs01/sym_shared/YPProdSpark/user/s390-a2b719b24f799b-80b3d8dd92c1/notebook/tmp/pip-build-PYROZS/shapely/setup.py", line 38, in &lt;module&gt;
        from shapely._buildcfg import geos_version_string, geos_version, \
      File "shapely/_buildcfg.py", line 167, in &lt;module&gt;
        fallbacks=['libgeos_c.so.1', 'libgeos_c.so'])
      File "shapely/_buildcfg.py", line 161, in load_dll
        libname, fallbacks or []))
    OSError: Could not find library geos_c or load any of its variants ['libgeos_c.so.1', 'libgeos_c.so']
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<p>How can I overcome this issue on Bluemix Spark service where I don't have admin permission to install libraries.</p>

<p>There are lots of similar questions, but none of them are about the Bluemix Spark service.</p>