I am using VS Code on Windows 10. When I try to install the face_recognition package using pip I get the following error:
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: 'c:\users\admin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-fi__6w9v\\dlib\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-fi__6w9v\\dlib\\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\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-f5b3pskr\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'c:\users\admin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\Include\dlib'
cwd: C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-fi__6w9v\dlib\
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 3.8.5 (tags/v3.8.5:580fbb0, Jul 20 2020, 15:57:54) [MSC v.1924 64 bit (AMD64)]
Invoking CMake setup: 'cmake C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-fi__6w9v\dlib\tools\python -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-fi__6w9v\dlib\build\lib.win-amd64-3.8 -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=c:\users\admin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\python.exe -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE=C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-fi__6w9v\dlib\build\lib.win-amd64-3.8 -A x64'
-- Building for: NMake Makefiles
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:5 (message):
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You must use Visual Studio to build a python extension on windows. If you
are getting this error it means you have not installed Visual C++. Note
that there are many flavors of Visual Studio, like Visual Studio for C#
development. You need to install Visual Studio for C++.
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-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-fi__6w9v\dlib\setup.py", line 223, in <module>
setup(
File "c:\users\admin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 144, in setup
return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
File "c:\users\admin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\distutils\core.py", line 148, in setup
dist.run_commands()
File "c:\users\admin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 966, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "c:\users\admin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 985, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "c:\users\admin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\install.py", line 61, in run
return orig.install.run(self)
File "c:\users\admin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\distutils\command\install.py", line 545, in run
self.run_command('build')
File "c:\users\admin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "c:\users\admin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 985, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "c:\users\admin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\distutils\command\build.py", line 135, in run
self.run_command(cmd_name)
File "c:\users\admin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "c:\users\admin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 985, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-fi__6w9v\dlib\setup.py", line 135, in run
self.build_extension(ext)
File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-fi__6w9v\dlib\setup.py", line 172, in build_extension
subprocess.check_call(cmake_setup, cwd=build_folder)
File "c:\users\admin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\lib\subprocess.py", line 364, in check_call
raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['cmake', 'C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-fi__6w9v\\dlib\\tools\\python', '-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-fi__6w9v\\dlib\\build\\lib.win-amd64-3.8', '-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=c:\\users\\admin\\appdata\\local\\programs\\python\\python38\\python.exe', '-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE=C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-fi__6w9v\\dlib\\build\\lib.win-amd64-3.8', '-A', 'x64']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: 'c:\users\admin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-fi__6w9v\\dlib\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\Admin\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-fi__6w9v\\dlib\\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\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-f5b3pskr\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'c:\users\admin\appdata\local\programs\python\python38\Include\dlib' Check the logs for full command output.
I tried to install dlib before installing face_recognition.
The answer is really simple. You have to do what it says. Go to the VS installer and install VS for C++ and C#. The reason is that these modules use C code and while using Visual Studio, you have to make it so that it can compile the C++ code