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List:       pykde
Subject:    Re: Error: sipbuild.api' has no attribute 'prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel'
From:       Benoit Pierre <benoit.pierre () gmail ! com>
Date:       2021-11-16 14:54:04
Message-ID: CA+SSzV28HKbvZ1x0R_T3VpRiXNWQ=3DpCvjdHSSnYtiMKW=5xQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 2:40 PM Philippe Fremy <phil@freehackers.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> As part of a tox script, I am getting the below error while trying to
> install PyQt5.15.4 . What I don't understand is why pip does not pick
> the avilable wheel and uses instead the source package.
>

This might be because your version of pip is too old.


> The error then is rather cryptic. I suppose it is linked with trying to
> build the wheel from source ?
>

This is a red herring, have you checked the rest of the output?  (Like the
inner exception)

Cheers,

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<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 2:40 PM Philippe Fremy &lt;<a \
href="mailto:phil@freehackers.org" target="_blank">phil@freehackers.org</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br> <br>
As part of a tox script, I am getting the below error while trying to <br>
install PyQt5.15.4 . What I don&#39;t understand is why pip does not pick <br>
the avilable wheel and uses instead the source \
package.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This might be because your version of \
pip is too old.<br></div><div>  </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid \
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> The error then is rather cryptic. I suppose it is \
linked with trying to <br> build the wheel from source \
?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This is a red herring, have you checked the \
rest of the output?   (Like the inner exception)<br></div></div><div \
class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Cheers,</div><div \
class="gmail_quote"><br clear="all"></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">A: Because it \
destroys the flow of conversation.<br>Q: Why is top posting dumb?</div></div>



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