I am trying to use pip3 with python 3.9 to install modules... I read replies for windows which suggest installing VisualStudio as we need a good C++ compiler
I use macOS
I am adding the input and error message for better understanding
Input:
rohansaswade@Rohans-MBP ~ % pip3 install numpy
Output:
Collecting numpy
Using cached numpy-1.19.2.zip (7.3 MB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
Preparing wheel metadata ... error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
I did not mention the complete error output as it seems pretty irrelevant, yet if you need it to help me, please drop a comment.
I use macOS Catalina 10.15.7 and python 3.9
1 Answer
I had the same issue. In my case, the steps below helped though it was time-consuming.
#Preparation
pip install cython
git clone
#Steps
cd numpy
python setup.py build
python setup.py install
I hope it works for you too.
