Problem with install

[PlexxTron]

Hi, I hope someone can help me as I am going around in circles for hours.

I'm trying this command:
inside the terminal, enter the command pip install -r requirements.txt and press enter
but keep getting this error:
Building wheels for collected packages: regex
Building wheel for regex (setup.py) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× python setup.py bdist_wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [13 lines of output]
running bdist_wheel
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build\lib.win-amd64-cpython-312
creating build\lib.win-amd64-cpython-312\regex
copying regex_3_init_.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-cpython-312\regex
copying regex_3\regex.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-cpython-312\regex
copying regex_3_regex_core.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-cpython-312\regex
copying regex_3\test_regex.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-cpython-312\regex
running build_ext
building 'regex._regex' extension
error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required. Get it with "Microsoft C++ Build Tools": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/
[end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
ERROR: Failed building wheel for regex
Running setup.py clean for regex
Failed to build regex
ERROR: Could not build wheels for regex, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects

Can anyone help me?

Thanks

[cubbieblue16]

I am having the same issue here. Were you able to fix it?

[PlexxTron]

Hi there

Yes I solved it by installing an older version of python (don't know which). Hope that helps.

[Mamoon-B]

what a sucky response. you could have just checked which version of python you installed.

3.11.4 worked for me. thanks for pointing in the right direction i guess, although i had to try various versions and waste a ton of time in HOPES this was a solution.

[cubbieblue16]

You should be using 3.10. That worked fine.

[PlexxTron]

Hi there

I'm not in my home country at the moment so no access to PC to check version of python. I just wanted to give an answer that might help. Wasn't meant to be a sucky answer.

[Mamoon-B]

gotcha, no hard feelings. thank you for your contributions.