I facing dlib error in python while installation. Getting package init file ‘tools\python\dlib__init__.py’ not found (or not a regular file) and CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:5 (message) at the same time. How to solve this python dlib installation error. I am doing dlib installation on windows 10.
Collecting dlib
Using cached dlib-19.21.1.tar.gz (3.6 MB)
Using legacy 'setup.py install' for dlib, since package 'wheel' is not installed.
Installing collected packages: dlib
Running setup.py install for dlib ... error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: 'c:\users\user\projects\thug_meme_gen\env\scripts\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\USER\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-9fmljh92\\dlib_1ec1ac69589f4abaa2caaf2de91f09d0\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\USER\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-9fmljh92\\dlib_1ec1ac69589f4abaa2caaf2de91f09d0\\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\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-7s5_57lc\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'c:\users\user\projects\thug_meme_gen\env\include\site\python3.7\dlib'
cwd: C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-9fmljh92\dlib_1ec1ac69589f4abaa2caaf2de91f09d0\
Complete output (60 lines):
running install
running build
running build_py
package init file 'tools\python\dlib\__init__.py' not found (or not a regular file)
running build_ext
Building extension for Python 3.7.9 (tags/v3.7.9:13c94747c7, Aug 17 2020, 16:30:00) [MSC v.1900 64 bit (AMD64)]
Invoking CMake setup: 'cmake C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-9fmljh92\dlib_1ec1ac69589f4abaa2caaf2de91f09d0\tools\python -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-9fmljh92\dlib_1ec1ac69589f4abaa2caaf2de91f09d0\build\lib.win-amd64-3.7 -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=c:\users\user\projects\thug_meme_gen\env\scripts\python.exe -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE=C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-9fmljh92\dlib_1ec1ac69589f4abaa2caaf2de91f09d0\build\lib.win-amd64-3.7 -A x64'
-- Building for: NMake Makefiles
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:5 (message):
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-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-9fmljh92\dlib_1ec1ac69589f4abaa2caaf2de91f09d0\setup.py", line 262, in <module>
'Topic :: Software Development',
File "c:\users\user\projects\thug_meme_gen\env\lib\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 144, in setup
return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.7_3.7.2544.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\distutils\core.py", line 148, in setup
dist.run_commands()
File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.7_3.7.2544.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 966, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.7_3.7.2544.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 985, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "c:\users\user\projects\thug_meme_gen\env\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\install.py", line 61, in run
return orig.install.run(self)
File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.7_3.7.2544.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\distutils\command\install.py", line 545, in run
self.run_command('build')
File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.7_3.7.2544.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 313,
in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.7_3.7.2544.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 985, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.7_3.7.2544.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\distutils\command\build.py",
line 135, in run
self.run_command(cmd_name)
File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.7_3.7.2544.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 313,
in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.7_3.7.2544.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 985, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-9fmljh92\dlib_1ec1ac69589f4abaa2caaf2de91f09d0\setup.py", line 135, in run
self.build_extension(ext)
File "C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-9fmljh92\dlib_1ec1ac69589f4abaa2caaf2de91f09d0\setup.py", line 172, in build_extension
subprocess.check_call(cmake_setup, cwd=build_folder)
File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.7_3.7.2544.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\subprocess.py", line 363, in
check_call
raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['cmake', 'C:\\Users\\USER\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-9fmljh92\\dlib_1ec1ac69589f4abaa2caaf2de91f09d0\\tools\\python', '-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=C:\\Users\\USER\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-9fmljh92\\dlib_1ec1ac69589f4abaa2caaf2de91f09d0\\build\\lib.win-amd64-3.7', '-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=c:\\users\\user\\projects\\thug_meme_gen\\env\\scripts\\python.exe', '-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE=C:\\Users\\USER\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-9fmljh92\\dlib_1ec1ac69589f4abaa2caaf2de91f09d0\\build\\lib.win-amd64-3.7', '-A', 'x64']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: 'c:\users\user\projects\thug_meme_gen\env\scripts\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools,
tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\USER\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-9fmljh92\\dlib_1ec1ac69589f4abaa2caaf2de91f09d0\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\USER\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-9fmljh92\\dlib_1ec1ac69589f4abaa2caaf2de91f09d0\\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\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-7s5_57lc\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed
--compile --install-headers 'c:\users\user\projects\thug_meme_gen\env\include\site\python3.7\dlib' Check the logs for full command output.