[Bug] I can't install spleeter in python-3.11.9 env, please fix it

[donfishman]

• I didn't find a similar issue already open.
• I read the documentation (README AND Wiki)
• I have installed FFMpeg
• My problem is related to Spleeter only, not a derivative product (such as Webapplication, or GUI provided by others)

Description

(venv) PS E:\voice_extract> uv pip install spleeter
Using Python 3.11.9 environment at: venv
Resolved 71 packages in 100ms
× Failed to build llvmlite==0.38.1
├─▶ The build backend returned an error
╰─▶ Call to setuptools.build_meta:__legacy__.build_wheel failed (exit code: 1)

  [stderr]
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "<string>", line 14, in <module>
    File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\uv\cache\builds-v0\.tmpn3yfkS\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 331, in
  get_requires_for_build_wheel
      return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=[])
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\uv\cache\builds-v0\.tmpn3yfkS\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 301, in
  _get_build_requires
      self.run_setup()
    File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\uv\cache\builds-v0\.tmpn3yfkS\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 512, in run_setup
      super().run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
    File "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\uv\cache\builds-v0\.tmpn3yfkS\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 317, in run_setup
      exec(code, locals())
    File "<string>", line 55, in <module>
    File "<string>", line 52, in _guard_py_ver
  RuntimeError: Cannot install on Python version 3.11.9; only versions >=3.7,<3.11 are supported.

  hint: This usually indicates a problem with the package or the build environment.

help: llvmlite (v0.38.1) was included because spleeter (v2.3.2) depends on llvmlite

[squidKid-deluxe]

I had similar problems for a while, it turns out spleeter doesn't yet support python3.9+, and you have to use 3.8. See the FAQ

[victoria-mckinney]

Yes this is a massive issue in using it. They should change requirements so it is compatible with at least 3.12 :(

[squidKid-deluxe]

This may or may not help, depending on your use case, but speeterpp runs the same models in c++, so isn't python version dependent. Of course, if you're trying to use this in a python script, that's of limited usefulness, but with a CLI script I had an LLM make, you can get by pretty well for manual use without needing another python version.

You would need to make some small mods to the Makefile in spleeterpp to compile the CLI; I'll see if I can get my fork published.

[squidKid-deluxe]

I made a pull request on the speeterpp github, but here's my fork: https://github.com/squidKid-deluxe/spleeterpp (Tested on Linux Mint 22.1)