Ran into lots of errors while pip install -r requirements.txt for Web Q&A Embeddings tutorial

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I ran into lots of errors while pip install -r requirements.txt for Web Q&A Embeddings tutorial. Anybody has similar experience? https://platform.openai.com/docs/tutorials/web-qa-embeddings

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Forcing a whole bunch of exact versions, especially without the Python version itself being noted, can be trouble. The requirements was likely just an auto-generated dump of someone’s system at the time. If you have any other packages, they might sharply disagree with your assertion that you want to install NumPy 1.24.1, for example.

You’d probably want to start with a venv that is clean, and has fresh Python 3.8 or 3.9.

Also there’s changing wheels often, sometimes that cannot build binaries on the platform provided at install time.

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Common Causes of Errors:

  • Missing Packages: The requirements.txt file might list packages that aren’t available in the default package repository.
  • Outdated Packages: The specified versions in requirements.txt might conflict with your current Python environment or other installed packages.
  • Network Connectivity Issues: If you’re behind a firewall or have unstable internet, downloading packages might fail.
  • Permissions Issues: You might not have the necessary permissions to install packages in the target directory.

Steps to Troubleshoot:

  1. Check Network Connectivity: Verify that you have a stable internet connection.

  2. Review requirements.txt: Make sure the packages listed are compatible with your Python version. You can check your Python version using python --version or python3 --version in your terminal.

  3. Address Version Conflicts: If you suspect version conflicts, try creating a new virtual environment to isolate the tutorial’s dependencies:

  • Install venv if you don’t have it: python -m venv venv (or python3 -m venv venv for Python 3)
  • Activate the virtual environment: source venv/bin/activate (or . venv/bin/activate on macOS/Linux)
  • Install requirements within the virtual environment: pip install -r requirements.txt

  1. Retry Installation: Once you’ve addressed potential issues, rerun the installation command: pip install -r requirements.txt

  2. If you’re still encountering errors, provide more details about the specific error messages you’re seeing. :slight_smile:

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My Python version is 3.12.3.

The first error I got is

ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py”, line 180, in exc_logging_wrapper
status = run_func(*args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/req_command.py”, line 245, in wrapper
return func(self, options, args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/commands/install.py”, line 377, in run
requirement_set = resolver.resolve(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/resolver.py”, line 95, in resolve
result = self._result = resolver.resolve(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/resolvelib/resolvers.py”, line 546, in resolve
state = resolution.resolve(requirements, max_rounds=max_rounds)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/resolvelib/resolvers.py”, line 397, in resolve
self._add_to_criteria(self.state.criteria, r, parent=None)
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/resolvelib/resolvers.py”, line 173, in _add_to_criteria
if not criterion.candidates:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/resolvelib/structs.py”, line 156, in bool
return bool(self._sequence)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/found_candidates.py”, line 155, in bool
return any(self)
^^^^^^^^^
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/found_candidates.py”, line 143, in
return (c for c in iterator if id(c) not in self._incompatible_ids)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/found_candidates.py”, line 47, in _iter_built
candidate = func()
^^^^^^
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/factory.py”, line 182, in _make_candidate_from_link
base: Optional[BaseCandidate] = self._make_base_candidate_from_link(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/factory.py”, line 228, in _make_base_candidate_from_link
self._link_candidate_cache[link] = LinkCandidate(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py”, line 290, in init
super().init(
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py”, line 156, in init
self.dist = self._prepare()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py”, line 222, in _prepare
dist = self._prepare_distribution()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py”, line 301, in _prepare_distribution
return preparer.prepare_linked_requirement(self._ireq, parallel_builds=True)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/prepare.py”, line 525, in prepare_linked_requirement
return self._prepare_linked_requirement(req, parallel_builds)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/prepare.py”, line 640, in _prepare_linked_requirement
dist = _get_prepared_distribution(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/prepare.py”, line 71, in _get_prepared_distribution
abstract_dist.prepare_distribution_metadata(
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/distributions/sdist.py”, line 54, in prepare_distribution_metadata
self._install_build_reqs(finder)
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/distributions/sdist.py”, line 124, in _install_build_reqs
build_reqs = self._get_build_requires_wheel()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/distributions/sdist.py”, line 101, in _get_build_requires_wheel
return backend.get_requires_for_build_wheel()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/misc.py”, line 745, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return super().get_requires_for_build_wheel(config_settings=cs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_impl.py”, line 166, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return self._call_hook(‘get_requires_for_build_wheel’, {
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_impl.py”, line 321, in _call_hook
raise BackendUnavailable(data.get(‘traceback’, ‘’))
pip._vendor.pyproject_hooks._impl.BackendUnavailable: Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/Users/ping/Documents/GitHub/web-crawl-q-and-a-example-main/env/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py”, line 77, in _build_backend
obj = import_module(mod_path)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/lib/python3.12/importlib/init.py”, line 90, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “”, line 1387, in _gcd_import
File “”, line 1360, in _find_and_load
File “”, line 1310, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File “”, line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
File “”, line 1387, in _gcd_import
File “”, line 1360, in _find_and_load
File “”, line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File “”, line 935, in _load_unlocked
File “”, line 995, in exec_module
File “”, line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
File “/private/var/folders/7v/27pmy26167328bclf11frjr00000gn/T/pip-build-env-3__4h7t3/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/init.py”, line 10, in
import distutils.core
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘distutils’

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Second one I got: AttributeError: module ‘pkgutil’ has no attribute ‘ImpImporter’. Did you mean: ‘zipimporter’?