while trying to install requirements.txt in local python 3.11 environment I got the error

[nmagrawal]

I did install python3.11, created 3.11 environment activated it, then when I was installing dependencies from requirements.txt I got following error:

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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
╰─> [60 lines of output]
The Meson build system
Version: 0.62.2
Source dir: /private/var/folders/zz/4d7b267x5rj6f3c70py571xm0000gn/T/pip-install-nu8mllpf/scipy_3030c89dace74799b15200b328ceac93
Build dir: /private/var/folders/zz/4d7b267x5rj6f3c70py571xm0000gn/T/pip-install-nu8mllpf/scipy_3030c89dace74799b15200b328ceac93/.mesonpy-l7muoe1f/build
Build type: native build
Project name: SciPy
Project version: 1.9.1
C compiler for the host machine: cc (clang 17.0.0 "Apple clang version 17.0.0 (clang-1700.0.13.5)")
C linker for the host machine: cc ld64 1167.5
C++ compiler for the host machine: c++ (clang 17.0.0 "Apple clang version 17.0.0 (clang-1700.0.13.5)")
C++ linker for the host machine: c++ ld64 1167.5
Host machine cpu family: aarch64
Host machine cpu: arm64
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wno-unused-but-set-variable: YES
Library m found: YES

  ../../meson.build:41:0: ERROR: Unable to detect linker for compiler "gfortran -Wl,--version -Wno-conversion"
  stdout:
  stderr: collect2 version 14.2.0
  /usr/bin/ld -demangle -syslibroot /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX15.sdk/ -dynamic -arch arm64 -platform_version macos 15.0.0 0.0 -o a.out -L/opt/homebrew/Cellar/gcc/14.2.0_1/bin/../lib/gcc/current/gcc/aarch64-apple-darwin24/14 -L/opt/homebrew/Cellar/gcc/14.2.0_1/bin/../lib/gcc/current/gcc -L/opt/homebrew/Cellar/gcc/14.2.0_1/bin/../lib/gcc/current/gcc/aarch64-apple-darwin24/14/../../.. -lemutls_w -lheapt_w --version -lgcc -lSystem -no_compact_unwind -rpath @loader_path -rpath /opt/homebrew/Cellar/gcc/14.2.0_1/lib/gcc/current/gcc/aarch64-apple-darwin24/14 -rpath /opt/homebrew/Cellar/gcc/14.2.0_1/lib/gcc/current/gcc -rpath /opt/homebrew/Cellar/gcc/14.2.0_1/lib/gcc/current
  ld: unknown options: --version
  collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
  
  
  A full log can be found at /private/var/folders/zz/4d7b267x5rj6f3c70py571xm0000gn/T/pip-install-nu8mllpf/scipy_3030c89dace74799b15200b328ceac93/.mesonpy-l7muoe1f/build/meson-logs/meson-log.txt
  + meson setup --native-file=/private/var/folders/zz/4d7b267x5rj6f3c70py571xm0000gn/T/pip-install-nu8mllpf/scipy_3030c89dace74799b15200b328ceac93/.mesonpy-native-file.ini -Ddebug=false -Doptimization=2 --prefix=/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.11/3.11.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11 /private/var/folders/zz/4d7b267x5rj6f3c70py571xm0000gn/T/pip-install-nu8mllpf/scipy_3030c89dace74799b15200b328ceac93 /private/var/folders/zz/4d7b267x5rj6f3c70py571xm0000gn/T/pip-install-nu8mllpf/scipy_3030c89dace74799b15200b328ceac93/.mesonpy-l7muoe1f/build
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/Users/nik/Downloads/opgov work/ally_cat/allycat/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 389, in <module>
      main()
    File "/Users/nik/Downloads/opgov work/ally_cat/allycat/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 373, in main
      json_out["return_val"] = hook(**hook_input["kwargs"])
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "/Users/nik/Downloads/opgov work/ally_cat/allycat/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 143, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
      return hook(config_settings)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "/private/var/folders/zz/4d7b267x5rj6f3c70py571xm0000gn/T/pip-build-env-c_xk_q1h/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mesonpy/__init__.py", line 969, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
      with _project(config_settings) as project:
    File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.11/3.11.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/contextlib.py", line 137, in __enter__
      return next(self.gen)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "/private/var/folders/zz/4d7b267x5rj6f3c70py571xm0000gn/T/pip-build-env-c_xk_q1h/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mesonpy/__init__.py", line 948, in _project
      with Project.with_temp_working_dir(
    File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.11/3.11.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/contextlib.py", line 137, in __enter__
      return next(self.gen)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "/private/var/folders/zz/4d7b267x5rj6f3c70py571xm0000gn/T/pip-build-env-c_xk_q1h/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mesonpy/__init__.py", line 777, in with_temp_working_dir
      yield cls(source_dir, tmpdir, build_dir)
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "/private/var/folders/zz/4d7b267x5rj6f3c70py571xm0000gn/T/pip-build-env-c_xk_q1h/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mesonpy/__init__.py", line 682, in __init__
      self._configure(reconfigure=bool(build_dir) and not native_file_mismatch)
    File "/private/var/folders/zz/4d7b267x5rj6f3c70py571xm0000gn/T/pip-build-env-c_xk_q1h/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mesonpy/__init__.py", line 713, in _configure
      self._meson(
    File "/private/var/folders/zz/4d7b267x5rj6f3c70py571xm0000gn/T/pip-build-env-c_xk_q1h/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mesonpy/__init__.py", line 696, in _meson
      return self._proc('meson', *args)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "/private/var/folders/zz/4d7b267x5rj6f3c70py571xm0000gn/T/pip-build-env-c_xk_q1h/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/mesonpy/__init__.py", line 691, in _proc
      subprocess.check_call(list(args))
    File "/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.11/3.11.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/subprocess.py", line 413, in check_call
      raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
  subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['meson', 'setup', '--native-file=/private/var/folders/zz/4d7b267x5rj6f3c70py571xm0000gn/T/pip-install-nu8mllpf/scipy_3030c89dace74799b15200b328ceac93/.mesonpy-native-file.ini', '-Ddebug=false', '-Doptimization=2', '--prefix=/opt/homebrew/Cellar/python@3.11/3.11.13/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11', '/private/var/folders/zz/4d7b267x5rj6f3c70py571xm0000gn/T/pip-install-nu8mllpf/scipy_3030c89dace74799b15200b328ceac93', '/private/var/folders/zz/4d7b267x5rj6f3c70py571xm0000gn/T/pip-install-nu8mllpf/scipy_3030c89dace74799b15200b328ceac93/.mesonpy-l7muoe1f/build']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
  [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.

please let me know how can I resolve this issue

Thank you for the support
-Nikhil

[sujee]

looks like you are on a mac. Do you have 'devtools' (compilers ..etc) installed?

[sujee]

closing this @nmagrawal . please reopen if the issue persists