pip install fails on pyton 3.11, command 'cl.exe' failed: None, cannot build wheels for causalml
priya-velu5 opened this issue · comments
*pip install fails. Please update the documentation with requirements.txt file location as casualml/docs
To Reproduce
$ git clone https://github.com/uber/causalml.git
$ cd causalml
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ pip install causalml
Expected behavior
causalml installed
Environment:
- OS: Windows 64 bit
- Python Version: 3.11.1
requirements.txt
is deprecated, and pyproject.toml
replaced it in #553.
Can you try to install the latest version from the repo by following the instructions in README.md?
# Create a clean conda environment and install conda dependencies:
conda create -n causalml-py38 python=3.8
conda activate causalml-py38
conda install -c conda-forge cxx-compiler
conda install python-graphviz
conda install -c conda-forge xorg-libxrender
# Install CausalML from source:
git clone https://github.com/uber/causalml.git
cd causalml
pip install .
python setup.py build_ext --inplace
It seems that you don't have cl.exe
, the Microsoft C compiler, installed on your system (ref [1]). You can either install it before using pip
install, or use conda-forge
install:
conda install -c conda-forge causalml
The installation succeeded after uninstalling and re-installing my:
- Python with Miniconda (I use miniconda since I just want the conda command prompt), and
- Visual Studio Build tools 2019 and 2022. (VS 2022 build tools are probably not needed).
Important note:
- The installation needed to be done through the Developer Command Prompt for VS 2019. Using developer command prompt ensures that pip can find
cl.exe
file (source). We cannot manually set thePATH
environment variable. - The commands
conda install -c conda-forge cxx-compiler
conda install python-graphviz
conda install -c conda-forge xorg-libxrender
needed visual studio 2019 build tools to be successful. I ran into "The system cannot find the path specified." errors when I tried installing with the 2022 developer command prompt. It was looking for files specifically inside the "2019" folder.
Installing Build Tools for Visual Studio 2019:
- Select "Desktop Development with C++"
Installing miniconda:
- Set conda to path since you'll need to access conda through the VS developer command prompt and not just Anaconda prompt.
Thanks, @priya-velu5, for sharing this. This will help other Windows users greatly.
@ras44, can you try this and update #678 accordingly? Thanks.