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Trying to pip install the curl_cffi from github and getting 404


While trying to install curl_cffi:

pip install "git+https://github.com/lexiforest/curl_cffi.git"

Getting the error:

(.venv) PS C:\Users\maaik\OneDrive\Desktop\foo> pip install "git+https://github.com/lexiforest/curl_cffi.git"
Collecting git+https://github.com/lexiforest/curl_cffi.git
  Cloning https://github.com/lexiforest/curl_cffi.git to c:\users\maaik\appdata\local\temp\pip-req-build-2ua6lndo
  Running command git clone --filter=blob:none --quiet https://github.com/lexiforest/curl_cffi.git 'C:\Users\maaik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-req-build-2ua6lndo'
  Resolved https://github.com/lexiforest/curl_cffi.git to commit 3ff5d8348eead43e92c395ba8742579b4e67e24d
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [64 lines of output]
      Using ./lib64 to store libcurl-impersonate
      Downloading libcurl-impersonate-chrome from https://github.com/lexiforest/curl-impersonate/releases/download/v0.8.2/libcurl-impersonate-v0.8.2.x86_64-win32.tar.gz...
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "C:\Users\maaik\OneDrive\Desktop\foo\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 353, in <module>
          main()
        File "C:\Users\maaik\OneDrive\Desktop\foo\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 335, in main
          json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\maaik\OneDrive\Desktop\foo\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 118, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
          return hook(config_settings)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\maaik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-s16g9_9k\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 334, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
          return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=[])
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\maaik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-s16g9_9k\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 304, in _get_build_requires
          self.run_setup()
        File "C:\Users\maaik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-s16g9_9k\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 320, in run_setup
          exec(code, locals())
        File "<string>", line 16, in <module>
        File "C:\Users\maaik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-s16g9_9k\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 117, in setup
          return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\maaik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-s16g9_9k\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\core.py", line 148, in setup
          _setup_distribution = dist = klass(attrs)
                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\maaik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-s16g9_9k\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 319, in __init__
          _Distribution.__init__(self, dist_attrs)
        File "C:\Users\maaik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-s16g9_9k\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\dist.py", line 290, in __init__
          self.finalize_options()
        File "C:\Users\maaik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-s16g9_9k\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 681, in finalize_options
          ep(self)
        File "C:\Users\maaik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-s16g9_9k\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 701, in _finalize_setup_keywords
          ep.load()(self, ep.name, value)
        File "C:\Users\maaik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-s16g9_9k\overlay\Lib\site-packages\cffi\setuptools_ext.py", line 216, in cffi_modules
          add_cffi_module(dist, cffi_module)
        File "C:\Users\maaik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-s16g9_9k\overlay\Lib\site-packages\cffi\setuptools_ext.py", line 49, in add_cffi_module
          execfile(build_file_name, mod_vars)
        File "C:\Users\maaik\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-s16g9_9k\overlay\Lib\site-packages\cffi\setuptools_ext.py", line 25, in execfile
          exec(code, glob, glob)
        File "scripts/build.py", line 114, in <module>
          download_libcurl()
        File "scripts/build.py", line 69, in download_libcurl
          urlretrieve(url, file)
        File "C:\Users\maaik\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\urllib\request.py", line 240, in urlretrieve
          with contextlib.closing(urlopen(url, data)) as fp:
                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\maaik\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\urllib\request.py", line 215, in urlopen
          return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\maaik\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\urllib\request.py", line 521, in open
          response = meth(req, response)
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\maaik\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\urllib\request.py", line 630, in http_response
          response = self.parent.error(
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\maaik\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\urllib\request.py", line 559, in error
          return self._call_chain(*args)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\maaik\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\urllib\request.py", line 492, in _call_chain
          result = func(*args)
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\maaik\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\urllib\request.py", line 639, in http_error_default
          raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)
      urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 404: Not Found
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> See above for output.

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.

Solution

  • This package does not support windows, the operating system on which you typed the command. It depends on a library released only for linux and macos.

    You could give a try to Windows Subsystem for Linux or Docker/Rancher/colima/podman.