Error while installing python package: llama-cpp-python

[esarvesh11]

`Building wheels for collected packages: llama-cpp-python
  Building wheel for llama-cpp-python (pyproject.toml) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × Building wheel for llama-cpp-python (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [20 lines of output]
      *** scikit-build-core 0.5.1 using CMake 3.27.7 (wheel)
      *** Configuring CMake...
      2023-10-10 21:23:02,749 - scikit_build_core - WARNING - Can't find a Python library, got libdir=None, ldlibrary=None, multiarch=None, masd=None
      loading initial cache file C:\Users\ARUSHM~1\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpf1bzj6ul\build\CMakeInit.txt
      -- Building for: NMake Makefiles
      CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:3 (project):
        Running

         'nmake' '-?'

        failed with:

         The system cannot find the file specified

      CMake Error: CMAKE_C_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage
      CMake Error: CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage
      -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

      *** CMake configuration failed
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for llama-cpp-python
Failed to build llama-cpp-python
ERROR: Could not build wheels for llama-cpp-python, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects`

[lnacache]

I have had the same error on Windows. I managed to fix it by installing Visual Studio Build Tools 2019.

[tonhsiao]

`Building wheels for collected packages: llama-cpp-python
  Building wheel for llama-cpp-python (pyproject.toml) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × Building wheel for llama-cpp-python (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [20 lines of output]
      *** scikit-build-core 0.5.1 using CMake 3.27.7 (wheel)
      *** Configuring CMake...
      2023-10-10 21:23:02,749 - scikit_build_core - WARNING - Can't find a Python library, got libdir=None, ldlibrary=None, multiarch=None, masd=None
      loading initial cache file C:\Users\ARUSHM~1\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpf1bzj6ul\build\CMakeInit.txt
      -- Building for: NMake Makefiles
      CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:3 (project):
        Running

         'nmake' '-?'

        failed with:

         The system cannot find the file specified

      CMake Error: CMAKE_C_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage
      CMake Error: CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER not set, after EnableLanguage
      -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

      *** CMake configuration failed
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for llama-cpp-python
Failed to build llama-cpp-python
ERROR: Could not build wheels for llama-cpp-python, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects`

I solved the same problem and installed successful in windows based on this youtube video. It helped me a lot. You may take a look. Good luck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coIj2CU5LMU