pygobject/pycairo

"pip install pycairo" gives error on WSL Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS

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miroi commented

Hello,

I have the nwest Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS on my WSL. Can not install pycairo using pip - any help, please ?

pip install pycairo
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Collecting pycairo
  Using cached pycairo-1.27.0.tar.gz (661 kB)
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
  Installing backend dependencies ... done
  Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [33 lines of output]
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/in_process/_in_process.py", line 156, in prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel
          hook = backend.prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel
      AttributeError: module 'mesonpy' has no attribute 'prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel'

      During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/in_process/_in_process.py", line 363, in <module>
          main()
        File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/in_process/_in_process.py", line 345, in main
          json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
        File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/in_process/_in_process.py", line 160, in prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel
          whl_basename = backend.build_wheel(metadata_directory, config_settings)
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-ie4yot7l/overlay/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/mesonpy/__init__.py", line 1020, in wrapper
          return func(*args, **kwargs)
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-ie4yot7l/overlay/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/mesonpy/__init__.py", line 1073, in build_wheel
          with _project(config_settings) as project:
        File "/usr/lib/python3.10/contextlib.py", line 135, in __enter__
          return next(self.gen)
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-ie4yot7l/overlay/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/mesonpy/__init__.py", line 947, in _project
          yield Project(source_dir, build_dir, meson_args, editable_verbose)
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-ie4yot7l/overlay/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/mesonpy/__init__.py", line 662, in __init__
          self._meson = _get_meson_command(pyproject_config.get('meson'))
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-ie4yot7l/overlay/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/mesonpy/__init__.py", line 982, in _get_meson_command
          meson_version = subprocess.run(cmd + ['--version'], check=False, text=True, capture_output=True).stdout
        File "/usr/lib/python3.10/subprocess.py", line 503, in run
          with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
        File "/usr/lib/python3.10/subprocess.py", line 971, in __init__
          self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
        File "/usr/lib/python3.10/subprocess.py", line 1863, in _execute_child
          raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
      FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'meson'
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.
miroi commented

Ok, "sudo apt install meson" helped partially, but it needs higher version of meson ...

pip install pycairo
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Collecting pycairo
  Using cached pycairo-1.27.0.tar.gz (661 kB)
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
  Installing backend dependencies ... done
  Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [3 lines of output]

      meson-python: error: Could not find meson version 0.63.3 or newer, found 0.61.2
      meson-python: error: .
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.
miroi commented

well, after installing meson via pip, and other packages, I am getting a new error:

pip install pycairo
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Collecting pycairo
  Using cached pycairo-1.27.0.tar.gz (661 kB)
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
  Installing backend dependencies ... done
  Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [48 lines of output]
      + meson setup /tmp/pip-install-qa8pt8g6/pycairo_02558d502fcc432a968e14f11180770b /tmp/pip-install-qa8pt8g6/pycairo_02558d502fcc432a968e14f11180770b/.mesonpy-ds0q2lp1 -Dbuildtype=release -Db_ndebug=if-release -Db_vscrt=md -Dwheel=true -Dtests=false --native-file=/tmp/pip-install-qa8pt8g6/pycairo_02558d502fcc432a968e14f11180770b/.mesonpy-ds0q2lp1/meson-python-native-file.ini
      The Meson build system
      Version: 1.5.2
      Source dir: /tmp/pip-install-qa8pt8g6/pycairo_02558d502fcc432a968e14f11180770b
      Build dir: /tmp/pip-install-qa8pt8g6/pycairo_02558d502fcc432a968e14f11180770b/.mesonpy-ds0q2lp1
      Build type: native build
      Project name: pycairo
      Project version: 1.27.0
      C compiler for the host machine: cc (gcc 11.4.0 "cc (Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 11.4.0")
      C linker for the host machine: cc ld.bfd 2.38
      Host machine cpu family: x86_64
      Host machine cpu: x86_64
      Program python3 found: YES (/usr/bin/python3)
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wall: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Warray-bounds: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wcast-align: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wconversion: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wextra: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wformat=2: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wformat-nonliteral: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wformat-security: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wimplicit-function-declaration: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Winit-self: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Winline: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wmissing-format-attribute: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wmissing-noreturn: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wnested-externs: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wold-style-definition: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wpacked: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wpointer-arith: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wreturn-type: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wshadow: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wsign-compare: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wstrict-aliasing: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wundef: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wunused-but-set-variable: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wswitch-default: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wno-missing-field-initializers: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -Wno-unused-parameter: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -fno-strict-aliasing: YES
      Compiler for C supports arguments -fvisibility=hidden: YES
      Found pkg-config: YES (/usr/bin/pkg-config) 1.8.0
      Found CMake: /usr/bin/cmake (3.22.1)
      Run-time dependency cairo found: NO (tried pkgconfig and cmake)

      ../cairo/meson.build:31:12: ERROR: Dependency "cairo" not found, tried pkgconfig and cmake

      A full log can be found at /tmp/pip-install-qa8pt8g6/pycairo_02558d502fcc432a968e14f11180770b/.mesonpy-ds0q2lp1/meson-logs/meson-log.txt
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.
lazka commented

You need sudo apt install libcairo2-dev pkg-config python3-dev, see https://pycairo.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started.html

The first issue you solved was #384

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miroi commented

Thanks ! Fixed, closing this issue.

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