[HOW-TO] project.toml issue when trying to install rpi-libcamera in conda env with python 3.9

[AlphaIkaros2]

i ran: pip install rpi-libcamera output: error: subprocess-exited-with-error Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully. exit code: 1 [24 lines of output]

• meson setup /tmp/pip-install-ywh86yoy/rpi-libcamera_36fbda3d0c1b49ea92de0e2c3100a67d /tmp/pip-install-ywh86yoy/rpi-libcamera_36fbda3d0c1b49ea92de0e2c3100a67d/.mesonpy-i1av0au0 -Dbuildtype=release -Db_ndebug=if-release -Db_vscrt=md -Drevision=v0.2.0+rpt20240418 -Drepository=https://github.com/raspberrypi/libcamera.git -Dversion=v0.2.0+120-eb00c13d -Drepository=https://github.com/raspberrypi/libcamera.git -Drevision=main --native-file=/tmp/pip-install-ywh86yoy/rpi-libcamera_36fbda3d0c1b49ea92de0e2c3100a67d/.mesonpy-i1av0au0/meson-python-native-file.ini The Meson build system Version: 1.4.0 Source dir: /tmp/pip-install-ywh86yoy/rpi-libcamera_36fbda3d0c1b49ea92de0e2c3100a67d Build dir: /tmp/pip-install-ywh86yoy/rpi-libcamera_36fbda3d0c1b49ea92de0e2c3100a67d/.mesonpy-i1av0au0 Build type: native build Project name: pylibcamera Project version: 0.1.0 C compiler for the host machine: cc (gcc 12.2.0 "cc (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0") C linker for the host machine: cc ld.bfd 2.40 C++ compiler for the host machine: c++ (gcc 12.2.0 "c++ (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0") C++ linker for the host machine: c++ ld.bfd 2.40 Host machine cpu family: aarch64 Host machine cpu: aarch64 Message: Cloning from: https://github.com/raspberrypi/libcamera.git, revision main Message: Version Check Not Done Found pkg-config: YES (/home/pi/miniconda3/envs/nanodet/bin/pkg-config) 0.29.2 Found CMake: /home/pi/miniconda3/envs/nanodet/bin/cmake (3.23.1) Run-time dependency libcamera found: NO (tried pkgconfig and cmake) Message: Requires libcamera-dev package to be installed - apt install libcamera-dev

  ../meson.build:33:20: ERROR: Dependency "libcamera" not found, tried pkgconfig and cmake

  A full log can be found at /tmp/pip-install-ywh86yoy/rpi-libcamera_36fbda3d0c1b49ea92de0e2c3100a67d/.mesonpy-i1av0au0/meson-logs/meson-log.txt [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.

[will-v-pi]

Message: Requires libcamera-dev package to be installed - apt install libcamera-dev

Have you installed the latest libcamera-dev package from apt?

[AlphaIkaros2]

Message: Requires libcamera-dev package to be installed - apt install libcamera-dev

Have you installed the latest libcamera-dev package from apt?

Yes, i installed the libcamera-dev, the issue still remains. I switched to python environment with the --system-site-packages flags, everything works fine now. Thanks for the reply :)