error: metadata-generation-failed

[AlexRibard]

After cloning the repo (main) and following the install steps I am getting this error when running ./install_requirements.sh

  error: subprocess-exited-with-error
  
  × Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [15 lines of output]
      running dist_info
      copying from schema/scalar_type.fbs to exir/_serialize/scalar_type.fbs
      copying from schema/program.fbs to exir/_serialize/program.fbs
      copying from sdk/bundled_program/schema/bundled_program_schema.fbs to sdk/bundled_program/serialize/bundled_program_schema.fbs
      copying from sdk/bundled_program/schema/scalar_type.fbs to sdk/bundled_program/serialize/scalar_type.fbs
      creating /tmp/pip-modern-metadata-rtadcve_/UNKNOWN.egg-info
      writing /tmp/pip-modern-metadata-rtadcve_/UNKNOWN.egg-info/PKG-INFO
      writing dependency_links to /tmp/pip-modern-metadata-rtadcve_/UNKNOWN.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
      writing top-level names to /tmp/pip-modern-metadata-rtadcve_/UNKNOWN.egg-info/top_level.txt
      writing manifest file '/tmp/pip-modern-metadata-rtadcve_/UNKNOWN.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
      reading manifest file '/tmp/pip-modern-metadata-rtadcve_/UNKNOWN.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
      adding license file 'LICENSE'
      writing manifest file '/tmp/pip-modern-metadata-rtadcve_/UNKNOWN.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
      creating '/tmp/pip-modern-metadata-rtadcve_/UNKNOWN.dist-info'
      error: invalid command 'bdist_wheel'
      [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.

That's on Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS Python 3.10.12

[AlexRibard]

after some digging around issue is linked to the venv and pip. Using conda works

[mergennachin]

Yeah, our standard guidance for now is to use conda. Will close this issue for now.