tiktok_downloader error while installing: subprocess-exited-with-error / metadata-generation-failed

[Tiptop4792]

Hey y'all!

I failed installing the archiver, apparently multiple issues with tiktok_downloader.

I used pip install on Unbuntu 22.04

Did anyone come across it?

Here's my terminal output:

INFO: pip is looking at multiple versions of tqdm to determine which version is compatible with other requirements. This could take a while. Collecting tqdm Using cached tqdm-4.66.1-py3-none-any.whl (78 kB) INFO: pip is looking at multiple versions of tiktok-downloader to determine which version is compatible with other requirements. This could take a while. Collecting tiktok-downloader Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.3.4.tar.gz (16 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.3.3.tar.gz (16 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.3.2.tar.gz (14 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done Collecting faker Using cached Faker-20.1.0-py3-none-any.whl (1.7 MB) Collecting tiktok-downloader Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.3.1.tar.gz (13 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.3.0.tar.gz (12 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done Collecting py-mini-racer Using cached py_mini_racer-0.6.0-py2.py3-none-manylinux1_x86_64.whl (5.4 MB) Collecting tiktok-downloader Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.2.9.tar.gz (12 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.2.8.tar.gz (12 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done INFO: pip is looking at multiple versions of tiktok-downloader to determine which version is compatible with other requirements. This could take a while. Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.2.7.tar.gz (12 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.2.6.tar.gz (12 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.2.5.tar.gz (12 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.2.4-py3-none-any.whl (10 kB) Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.2.3-py3-none-any.whl (15 kB) INFO: This is taking longer than usual. You might need to provide the dependency resolver with stricter constraints to reduce runtime. See https://pip.pypa.io/warnings/backtracking for guidance. If you want to abort this run, press Ctrl + C. Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.2.2-py3-none-any.whl (15 kB) Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.2.1-py3-none-any.whl (14 kB) Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.1.6-py3-none-any.whl (15 kB) Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.1.5.tar.gz (12 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.1.4.tar.gz (6.6 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.1.3.tar.gz (6.6 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.1.2.tar.gz (5.8 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.1.1.tar.gz (5.5 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.1.0.tar.gz (6.0 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.0.8.tar.gz (6.0 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done Using cached tiktok_downloader-0.0.7.tar.gz (6.1 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully. │ exit code: 1 ╰─> [6 lines of output] Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 2, in File "", line 34, in File "/tmp/pip-install-19_a3jbo/tiktok-downloader_753611509dfa491e9773e1fd59df8d08/setup.py", line 9, in long_description=open(path.join(base_dir, "README.md"), encoding="utf-8").read(), FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tmp/pip-install-19_a3jbo/tiktok-downloader_753611509dfa491e9773e1fd59df8d08/README.md' [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.

Many thanks for looking into this!

[djhmateer]

Hi @Tiptop4792

I use pipenv as shown here on my fork: https://github.com/djhmateer/auto-archiver/blob/v6-test/infra/server-build.sh#L69

Like you I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 and following this build script I've got all dependencies working.

I've not come across your error, but have had many similar (it could be the version of Python for example)

[msramalho]

Echoing @djhmateer 's advice to try to use pipenv since it's using already tested library versions from the pipenv.lock file. That being said, replication of this error and tests with other lib version's are welcome. it's pretty well updated at https://github.com/krypton-byte/tiktok-downloader

[Tiptop4792]

Great advice! Thanks so much. Am I missing something, @djhmateer, but I can't find the pipenv line for installing the archiver in your code, just the dependencies and a log of configs, which, of course, is also really helpful.

[msramalho]

pipenv is used in option 3 here: https://github.com/bellingcat/auto-archiver#option-3---local-installation