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ERROR: Could not build wheels for aiohttp, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects


Python version: 3.11

Installing dependencies for an application by pip install -r requirements.txt gives the following error:

socket.c -o build/temp.linux-armv8l-cpython-311/aiohttp/_websocket.o
aiohttp/_websocket.c:198:12: fatal error: 'longintrepr.h' file not found
#include "longintrepr.h"                                   
          ^~~~~~~                        1 error generated.
error: command '/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-clang' 
failed with exit code 1
[end of output]
note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
ERROR: Failed building wheel for aiohttp
Failed to build aiohttp
ERROR: Could not build wheels for aiohttp, which is required to install
pyproject.toml-based projects

This error is specific to Python 3.11 version. On Python with 3.10.6 version installation goes fine.

Related question: yarl/_quoting.c:196:12: fatal error: 'longintrepr.h' file not found - 1 error generated


Solution

  • Solution for this error: need to update requirements.txt.

    Not working versions of modules with Python 3.11:

    aiohttp==3.8.1
    yarl==1.4.2
    frozenlist==1.3.0
    

    Working versions:

    aiohttp==3.8.2
    yarl==1.8.1
    frozenlist==1.3.1
    

    Links to the corresponding issues with fixes: