error: --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1

[Harleylee]

Hi, I get an installation error when trying to install "dionysus 2" under Windows 10 x64. python 3.6 when I do pip install --verbose dionysus, the error shows below (I have the updated pip, setuptools and wheel ) please tell me if need any more information

CMake Error: The following variables are used in this project, but they are set to NOTFOUND. Please set them or make sure they are set and tested correctly in the CMake files: Boost_INCLUDE_DIR (ADVANCED) used as include directory in directory C:/Users/HL~~~/AppData/Local/Temp/pip-build-bh2npfav/dionysus/bindings/python used as include directory in directory C:/Users/HL~~~/AppData/Local/Temp/pip-build-bh2npfav/dionysus/bindings/python

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "C:/Users/HL~~~/AppData/Local/Temp/pip-build-bh2npfav/dionysus/build/temp.win-amd64-3.6/Release/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\HL~~~\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-bh2npfav\dionysus\setup.py", line 97, in <module>
    zip_safe=False,
  File "E:\PYTHON\lib\distutils\core.py", line 148, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "E:\PYTHON\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 955, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "E:\PYTHON\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 974, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "E:\PYTHON\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\install.py", line 61, in run
    return orig.install.run(self)
  File "E:\PYTHON\lib\distutils\command\install.py", line 545, in run
    self.run_command('build')
  File "E:\PYTHON\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "E:\PYTHON\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 974, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "E:\PYTHON\lib\distutils\command\build.py", line 135, in run
    self.run_command(cmd_name)
  File "E:\PYTHON\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "E:\PYTHON\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 974, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "C:\Users\HL~~~\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-bh2npfav\dionysus\setup.py", line 39, in run
    self.build_extension(ext)
  File "C:\Users\HL~~~\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-bh2npfav\dionysus\setup.py", line 64, in build_extension
    subprocess.check_call(['cmake', ext.sourcedir] + cmake_args, cwd=self.build_temp, env=env)
  File "E:\PYTHON\lib\subprocess.py", line 291, in check_call
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['cmake', 'C:\\Users\\HL~~~\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-build-bh2npfav\\dionysus', '-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=C:\\Users\\HL~~~\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-build-bh2npfav\\dionysus\\build\\lib.win-amd64-3.6', '-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=E:\\PYTHON\\python.exe', '-Dbuild_examples=OFF', '-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE=C:\\Users\\HL~~~\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-build-bh2npfav\\dionysus\\build\\lib.win-amd64-3.6', '-A', 'x64']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
Running setup.py install for dionysus: finished with status 'error'

Cleaning up... Removing source in C:\Users\HL~~~\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-bh2npfav\dionysus Command "E:\PYTHON\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;file='C:\Users\HL~\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-bh2npfav\dionysus\setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(file);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, file, 'exec'))" install --record C:\Users\HL~\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-__2fd0ic-record\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\HL~~~\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-bh2npfav\dionysus\ Exception information: Traceback (most recent call last): File "E:\PYTHON\lib\site-packages\pip\basecommand.py", line 215, in main status = self.run(options, args) File "E:\PYTHON\lib\site-packages\pip\commands\install.py", line 342, in run prefix=options.prefix_path, File "E:\PYTHON\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_set.py", line 784, in install **kwargs File "E:\PYTHON\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_install.py", line 878, in install spinner=spinner, File "E:\PYTHON\lib\site-packages\pip\utils__init.py", line 707, in call_subprocess % (command_desc, proc.returncode, cwd)) pip.exceptions.InstallationError: Command "E:\PYTHON\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;file='C:\Users\HL~~~\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-bh2npfav\dionysus\setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(file);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, file, 'exec'))" install --record C:\Users\HL~~~\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-2fd0ic-record\install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\HL~~~\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-bh2npfav\dionysus\

[mrzv]

Unfortunately, I don't use Windows, so it's next to impossible for me to debug this. The first few lines indicate that you don't have Boost installed, so that would be the first step.

[Harleylee]

Thanks so much for your reply, I do have boost-python(1.63). I followed the instruction of Boost (http://www.boost.org/) and installed it by Visual Studio 2015.. I am not sure is this the problem or should I install it directly on python?

[mrzv]

You don't need boost-python, but you need all the rest of Boost. I'm not quite sure how this works with Visual Studio, but the point is that CMake is not finding Boost.

[freckletonj]

for anyone else coming to this problem on Ubuntu, and since Boost's install instructions are awkward, check the ubuntu package repos, this solved it for me:

apt install libboost-all-dev