I'm attempting to make a website with a few others for the first time, and have run into a weird error when trying to use Django/Python/VirtualEnv. I've found solutions to this problem for other operating systems, such as Ubuntu, but can't find any good solutions for Mac.
This is the relevant code being run:
virtualenv -p python3 venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
After running that block, I get the following errors:
AssertionError
Failed building wheel for django-toolbelt
Running setup.py bdist_wheel for psycopg2
...
AssertionError
Failed building wheel for psycopg2
Failed to build django-toolbelt psycopg2
I believe I've installed the "django-toolbelt" and "psycopg2", so I'm not sure why it would be failing.
The only difference I can think of is that I did not use the command
sudo apt-get install libpq-dev
as was instructed for Ubuntu usage as I believe that installing postgresql with brew took care of the header.
Thanks for any help or insight!
For MacOS users
After trying all the above methods (which did not work for me on MacOS 10.14), that one worked :
Install openssl with brew install openssl if you don't have it already.
add openssl path to LIBRARY_PATH :
export LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/
install psycopg2 with pip pip3 install psycopg2
I had the same problem on Arch linux. I think that it's not an OS dependant problem. Anyway, I fixed this by finding the outdated packages and updating then.
pip uninstall psycopg2
pip list --outdated
pip install --upgrade wheel
pip install --upgrade setuptools
pip install psycopg2
I was also getting same error.
Using Python 3.7.3 and pip 19.1.1.
I used following command.
pip install psycopg2-binary==2.8.3
TDLR
If you aren't used to installing Python C-extensions, and psycopg2 isn't a core part of your work, try
pip install psycopg2-binary
Building Locally
psycopg2 is a C-extension, so it requires compilation when being installed by pip. The Build Prerequisites section of the docs explain what must be done to make installation via pip possible. In summary (for psycopg 2.8.5):
a C compiler must be installed on the machine
the Python header files must be installed
the libpq header files must be installed
the pg_config program must be installed (it usually comes with the libpq headers) and on $PATH.
With these prerequisites satisfied, pip install psycopg2 ought to succeed.
Installing pre-compiled wheels
Alternatively, pip can install pre-compiled binaries so that compilation (and the associated setup) is not required. They can be installed like this:
pip install psycopg2-binary
The docs note that
The psycopg2-binary package is meant for beginners to start playing with Python and PostgreSQL without the need to meet the build requirements.
but I would suggest that psycopg2-binary is often good enough for local development work if you are not using psycopg2 directly, but just as a dependency.
Concluding advice
Read the informative installation documentation, not only to overcome installation issues but also to understand the impact of using the pre-compiled binaries in some scenarios.
I had same problem and this appears to be a Mojave Issue, I was able to resolve with:
sudo installer -pkg /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/Packages/macOS_SDK_headers_for_macOS_10.14.pkg -target /
For Mac OS X users:
1. First check your postgresql path by running this command in terminal:
pg_config
If this fails lookup how to add pg_config to your path.
2. Next install Xcode Tools by running this command in terminal:
xcode-select --install
If you have both those sorted out now try to install psycopg2 again
For MacOS users, this question has the correct solution:
install command line tools if necessary:
xcode-select --install
then
env LDFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include -L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib" pip install psycopg2
I was also facing the same after running all the above commands, but the following two commands worked for me:
Instead of pip, use this:
sudo apt-get install libpq-dev
then run this command:
pip install psycopg2
On OS X, I was able to solve this by simply upgrading wheel before installing psycopg2:
pip install --upgrade wheel
For OSX Sierra users, it seems that an xcode update is the solution: Can't install psycopg2 package through pip install... Is this because of Sierra?
I tried all the above solutions but they did not work for me. What I did was change the psycopg2 version in my requirements.txt file from psycopg2==2.7.4 to psycopg2==2.7.6
Is your error message complete? the most encountered reason for failing to install psycopg2 on mac from pip is pg_config is not in path.
by the way, using macports or fink to install psycopg2 is more recommended way, so you don't have to worry about pg_config, libpq-dev and python-dev.
plus, are using Python 3.5? then upgrage your wheel to > 0.25.0 using pip.
I faced the same issue, but the answers above didn't work for me.
So this is what I did in my requirements.txt
psycopg2-binary==2.7.6.1 and it worked fine
I had this issue on several packages, including psycopg2, numpy, and pandas. I simply removed the version from the requirements.txt file, and it worked.
So instead of psycopg2-binary==2.7.6.1 I just had psycopg2-binary.
I know you are asking for development environment but if you are deploying on server say, Heroku. Just add below line in the requirements.txt of your project.
django-heroku==0.3.1
As this package itself will install the required packages like psycopg2 on server deployment.So let the server(heroku) should take care of it.
sudo apt install libpq-dev python3.X-dev
where X is the sub version,
these should be followed by :
pip install --upgrade wheel
pip install --upgrade setuptools
pip install psycopg2
Enjoy !!!
I solved my problem by updating/installing vs_BuildTools. The link to the software was given in the error itself.
Error Image
Fixed by installing python3.7-dev: sudo apt install python3.7-dev, based on the link.
Python: 3.7
Ubuntu: 20.04.3 LTS
I got this issue when I try to install psycopg2
$ pip install psycopg2 ...
.
.
ERROR: Failed building wheel for psycopg2
This happens also if a try
$ pip install psycopg2
I am using virtualenv in MacOS Mojave 10.14.16 I don't remember having this issue before updating my OS.
I got a similar issue and I fixed it installing openssl via Homebrew and manually linking my homebrew-installed openssl to pip:
env LDFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/openssl/include -L/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib" pip install psycopg2
additionally if you don't have Command Line Tools installed before running the previous command, please run
xcode-select --install
I hope this can help you it worked for me in 10.13 High Sierra in case it does not fix the issue, please provide the complete error trace for to help you
I tried to install psycopg2 as:
pip install psycopg2
It was giving error for pg_config. I checked some stackoverflow notes and installed PostgreSQL. Added the path of pg_config in $PATH.
Now it is giving the below error:
LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file 'libpq.lib'
error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2017\\BuildTools\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.14.26428\\bin\\HostX86\\x64\\link.exe' failed with exit status 1181
Any help on this?
Have you tried reinstall without pip?
sudo apt-get install python3-psycopg2
EDIT: Since you're on windows:
You can try this if you're using python 2.7:
pip uninstall psycopg2
pip install git+https://github.com/nwcell/psycopg2-windows.git#win64-py27#egg=psycopg2
If you're using python 3.4:
pip uninstall psycopg2
pip install git+https://github.com/nwcell/psycopg2-windows.git#win64-py34#egg=psycopg2
More info here.
If you prefer, you can download the installer (.exe) and install it.
You can find it here.
I found the issue.... I was using Python 3.7 version. Looks like the latest stable version of psycopg2 (2.7.4) is not yet supported on Python 3.7. It is supported till 3.6
I downgraded my python to 3.6.5 in Anaconda and also to 2.7.15 through PyCharm. I was able to install psycopg2 in both and use them.
Go to https://pypi.org/project/psycopg2
in release history and select the version you want to download.
There will be a table with files and the versions of python that can be compatible with the selected version.
Now download the wheel file that matches your system configuration(mac/linux/win-32/win-64)
I did this and was able to download the package.
For windows10(64-bit), download psycopg2-2.7.7-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl (998.5 kB), in case you have selected 2.7.7
For Windows users, to install the psycopg2 without any errors first install Python 3.7.4 version and then install psycopg2 using command pip install psycopg2 as it worked complete fine with me. I think there is some issue in Python 3.8.0 version onwards because while installing psycopg it is showing an error in setup wheels.
In case you are here in 2020, this is a problem with version 3.8 of python. I had the issue recently. Try using virtualenv so that you can use lower versions of python in your workspace until psycopg2 is supported fully on Python version 3.8
I have windows 7 with Python 3.3 installed. I also installed pip by referring to:
https://github.com/BurntSushi/nfldb/wiki/Python-&-pip-Windows-installation
I am facing issues with package installation-
If I run,
C:\Python33\Scripts> pip install requests
(OR)
C:\Python33\Scripts>pip install -U googlemaps
It does not give any success message like
'the package is installed'.
It is basically not showing any error/success message. Please refer below screenshot -
How can I install packages using pip, or how do I know if I have successfully installed packages?
TIA,
Sanket.
You can use pip show package_name to check whether the package is installed or use the pip list to view all installed packages.
Please follow the official website instruction to install pip or
Try reinstalling Python
I am running python 3.6 on windows and am attempting to install Shapely using
pip install shapely==1.6b2
It is giving me the following errors
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\Cameron\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-242ae_ih\shapely\
I have seen the other posts about this issue and have tried:
pip install --upgrade setuptools
pip install ez_setup
easy_install -U setuptools
Nothing seems to work and I am not sure what to do next. Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
You may try to use the binary from this unofficial site. Just use pip install {wheel file name} to install it.
Shapely‑1.5.17‑cp36‑cp36m‑win32.whl (32-bit)
Shapely‑1.5.17‑cp36‑cp36m‑win_amd64.whl (64-bit)
Hope this would make the installation easier.
I had a similar error for installing shapely-1.5.17 via pip install shapely, and installing this made the pip install command work thereafter:
sudo apt-get install libgeos-dev
As of 2020, you can now simply install Shapely for Windows with:
pip install shapely
(you many need --upgrade to get at least version 1.7.0, when binary wheels were added for Windows)