pyproject.toml build backend is missing the 'build_editable' hook

[MboiTui]

Hello,

I tried following the steps in this repository to install the required environment to run the agp and tpf utilities, but I encountered the error:

ERROR: Project file:///Users/lorenzo/Desktop/2024_PretextView/agp-tpf-utils has a 'pyproject.toml' and its build backend is missing the 'build_editable' hook. Since it does not have a 'setup.py' nor a 'setup.cfg', it cannot be installed in editable mode. Consider using a build backend that supports PEP 660.

Below a screenshot of all the commands ran from git clone onwards

[MboiTui]

I have ran pip install --upgrade pip and pip install --upgrade setuptools from within the environment, current versions are 21.3.1 for pip and 59.6.0 for setuptools. Nevertheless, the error persists.

Any help is appreciated

[yumisims]

@MboiTui Thank you for raising this issue. I conducted a test but was unable to reproduce the error you encountered, have you tried : 'pip install --upgrade wheel'. We offer a Docker image that could help avoid dependency issues. You can find more information about the container here: https://github.com/sanger-tol/agp-tpf-utils/pkgs/container/agp-tpf-utils

Please let us know. Thanks

[MboiTui]

Hello,

Thank you for your suggestion. I tried upgrading wheel but the problem persists. Let me know what additional information I could provide to help you reproduce the issue.

pip install --upgrade wheel
Collecting wheel
  Downloading wheel-0.37.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (35 kB)
Installing collected packages: wheel
Successfully installed wheel-0.37.1

pip install --editable .
Obtaining file:///Users/myusername/Desktop/myprojectfolder/agp-tpf-utils
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Checking if build backend supports build_editable ... done
ERROR: Project file:///Users/myusername/Desktop/myprojectfolder/agp-tpf-utils has a 'pyproject.toml' and its build backend is missing the 'build_editable' hook. Since it does not have a 'setup.py' nor a 'setup.cfg', it cannot be installed in editable mode. Consider using a build backend that supports PEP 660.

In the mean time I will try using the docker image

Kind regards, Lorenzo

[jgrg]

Hi Lorenzo,

The instructions for pip install --editable are in the README for developers. If you just want to install it, and don't need to edit the code, you can just do: pip install .

What version of Python do you have in your venv? (python3 --version)

James

[jgrg]

I think you have an older version of Python. I developed the code on Python 3.10 and the version of setuptools in my venvs is 69 or greater, whereas you have setuptools 59.6.0