Error while installing

[surya-narayanan]

Anyone getting this error while installing? I just created a fresh environment in my Ubuntu / Linux VM and followed the installation instructions (git clone, cd, pip install)

Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Obtaining file:https:///home/user/lm-evaluation-harness
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Checking if build backend supports build_editable ... done
  Getting requirements to build editable ... done
  Preparing editable metadata (pyproject.toml) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error
  
  × Preparing editable metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [75 lines of output]
      ModuleNotFoundError while trying to load entry-point bdist_wheel: No module named '_ctypes'
      running dist_info
      creating /tmp/pip-modern-metadata-jutws4fo/lm_eval.egg-info
      writing /tmp/pip-modern-metadata-jutws4fo/lm_eval.egg-info/PKG-INFO
      writing dependency_links to /tmp/pip-modern-metadata-jutws4fo/lm_eval.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
      writing entry points to /tmp/pip-modern-metadata-jutws4fo/lm_eval.egg-info/entry_points.txt
      writing requirements to /tmp/pip-modern-metadata-jutws4fo/lm_eval.egg-info/requires.txt
      writing top-level names to /tmp/pip-modern-metadata-jutws4fo/lm_eval.egg-info/top_level.txt
      writing manifest file '/tmp/pip-modern-metadata-jutws4fo/lm_eval.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
      reading manifest file '/tmp/pip-modern-metadata-jutws4fo/lm_eval.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
      adding license file 'LICENSE.md'
      writing manifest file '/tmp/pip-modern-metadata-jutws4fo/lm_eval.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
      creating '/tmp/pip-modern-metadata-jutws4fo/lm_eval-0.4.2.dist-info'
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 353, in <module>
          main()
        File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 335, in main
          json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/home/user/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 181, in prepare_metadata_for_build_editable
          return hook(metadata_directory, config_settings)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-uo6rkjff/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 453, in prepare_metadata_for_build_editable
          return self.prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel(
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-uo6rkjff/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 366, in prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel
          self.run_setup()
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-uo6rkjff/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 311, in run_setup
          exec(code, locals())
        File "<string>", line 5, in <module>
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-uo6rkjff/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 103, in setup
          return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-uo6rkjff/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/core.py", line 184, in setup
          return run_commands(dist)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-uo6rkjff/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/core.py", line 200, in run_commands
          dist.run_commands()
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-uo6rkjff/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 969, in run_commands
          self.run_command(cmd)
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-uo6rkjff/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 968, in run_command
          super().run_command(command)
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-uo6rkjff/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 988, in run_command
          cmd_obj.run()
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-uo6rkjff/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/command/dist_info.py", line 97, in run
          bdist_wheel = self.get_finalized_command('bdist_wheel')
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-uo6rkjff/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/cmd.py", line 302, in get_finalized_command
          cmd_obj = self.distribution.get_command_obj(command, create)
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-uo6rkjff/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 861, in get_command_obj
          klass = self.get_command_class(command)
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-uo6rkjff/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 715, in get_command_class
          self.cmdclass[command] = cmdclass = ep.load()
                                              ^^^^^^^^^
        File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 202, in load
          module = import_module(match.group('module'))
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
          return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1204, in _gcd_import
        File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1176, in _find_and_load
        File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1147, in _find_and_load_unlocked
        File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 690, in _load_unlocked
        File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 940, in exec_module
        File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-uo6rkjff/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/wheel/bdist_wheel.py", line 27, in <module>
          from .macosx_libfile import calculate_macosx_platform_tag
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-uo6rkjff/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/wheel/macosx_libfile.py", line 43, in <module>
          import ctypes
        File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/ctypes/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
          from _ctypes import Union, Structure, Array
      ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_ctypes'
      [end of output]
  
  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.

[andrew0411]

It looks like you didn't install full python in your environment, and the errors have nothing to do with this project.
Checking https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27022373/python3-importerror-no-module-named-ctypes-when-using-value-from-module-mul might help!