error: metadata-generation-failed

[brianmcdonald]

Dear Jonas,

Thank you for making this wonderful tool. I am getting the following message when I try to install on Windows 10. Is there a problem with the package?

` 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.`

[Sjlver]

Hi. I'm happy that you consider using yxf.

The "error: metadata-genenration failed" can occur for several reasons:

• Having an outdated version of pip and setuptools.
• Having a Python version that is not supported by the package you're trying to install. (Are you using Python 3?)
• Misspelling the name of the package.
• Errors related to dependencies.

Could you retry? If it still fails, please put the complete output here, along with the command that you have tried. It might also help to run pip with the --verbose option.

[brianmcdonald]

Yes. I must have misspelled it. It installed fine when I tried it today. Thanks again. I'm looking forward to having xlsforms in a format that can be version controlled.