Installation errors

[RezaKakooee]

Hi,
Today I tried to install avalanche on my Windows 10 with a GPU.
I spend almost the whole day and tested different ways to install it, but no success yet. I tried both conda and pip installation methods. and always got almost the same error as below. Would you please help me to fix this issue? Thanks

• Error from pip installation:

  ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
   command: 'c:\users\reza\pycharmprojects\ava38\venv\scripts\python.exe' -u -c 'import io, os, sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\reza\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-v0hl25c7\\pycocotools_61d47048fa
474ae4a4c4115d5bf94cef\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\reza\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-v0hl25c7\\pycocotools_61d47048fa474ae4a4c4115d5bf94cef\\setup.py'"'"';f = getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file_
_) if os.path.exists(__file__) else io.StringIO('"'"'from setuptools import setup; setup()'"'"');code = f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' bdist_wheel -d 'C
:\Users\reza\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-o4ohupho'
       cwd: C:\Users\reza\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-v0hl25c7\pycocotools_61d47048fa474ae4a4c4115d5bf94cef\
  Complete output (16 lines):
  running bdist_wheel
  running build
  running build_py
  creating build
  creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.8
  creating build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\pycocotools
  copying pycocotools\coco.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\pycocotools
  copying pycocotools\cocoeval.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\pycocotools
  copying pycocotools\mask.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\pycocotools
  copying pycocotools\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-3.8\pycocotools
  running build_ext
  cythoning pycocotools/_mask.pyx to pycocotools\_mask.c
  c:\users\reza\pycharmprojects\ava38\venv\lib\site-packages\Cython\Compiler\Main.py:369: FutureWarning: Cython directive 'language_level' not set, using 2 for now (Py2). This will change in a later release! File: C:\Users\re
za\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-v0hl25c7\pycocotools_61d47048fa474ae4a4c4115d5bf94cef\pycocotools\_mask.pyx
    tree = Parsing.p_module(s, pxd, full_module_name)
  building 'pycocotools._mask' 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/
  ----------------------------------------
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for pycocotools
  Running setup.py clean for pycocotools
  Building wheel for quadprog (setup.py) ... error
  ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
   command: 'c:\users\reza\pycharmprojects\ava38\venv\scripts\python.exe' -u -c 'import io, os, sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\reza\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-v0hl25c7\\quadprog_d0e6487c60bf4
3d9a11f8afdb71df653\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\reza\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-v0hl25c7\\quadprog_d0e6487c60bf43d9a11f8afdb71df653\\setup.py'"'"';f = getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__) if
os.path.exists(__file__) else io.StringIO('"'"'from setuptools import setup; setup()'"'"');code = f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' bdist_wheel -d 'C:\User
s\reza\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-cmb4vz8g'
       cwd: C:\Users\reza\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-v0hl25c7\quadprog_d0e6487c60bf43d9a11f8afdb71df653\
  Complete output (6 lines):
  running bdist_wheel
  running build
  running build_ext
  skipping 'quadprog\quadprog.cpp' Cython extension (up-to-date)
  building 'quadprog' 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/
  ----------------------------------------
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for quadprog
  Running setup.py clean for quadprog
Successfully built avalanche
Failed to build pycocotools quadprog
Installing collected packages: quadprog, pytorchcv, pycocotools, gputil, avalanche
    Running setup.py install for quadprog ... error
    ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: 'c:\users\reza\pycharmprojects\ava38\venv\scripts\python.exe' -u -c 'import io, os, sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\reza\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-v0hl25c7\\quadprog_d0e6487c60b
f43d9a11f8afdb71df653\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\reza\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-v0hl25c7\\quadprog_d0e6487c60bf43d9a11f8afdb71df653\\setup.py'"'"';f = getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__) i
f os.path.exists(__file__) else io.StringIO('"'"'from setuptools import setup; setup()'"'"');code = f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\
Users\reza\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-suv1flgx\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'c:\users\reza\pycharmprojects\ava38\venv\include\site\python3.8\quadprog'
         cwd: C:\Users\reza\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-v0hl25c7\quadprog_d0e6487c60bf43d9a11f8afdb71df653\
    Complete output (6 lines):
    running install
    running build
    running build_ext
    skipping 'quadprog\quadprog.cpp' Cython extension (up-to-date)
    building 'quadprog' 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/
    ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: 'c:\users\reza\pycharmprojects\ava38\venv\scripts\python.exe' -u -c 'import io, os, sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\reza\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-insta
ll-v0hl25c7\\quadprog_d0e6487c60bf43d9a11f8afdb71df653\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\reza\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-v0hl25c7\\quadprog_d0e6487c60bf43d9a11f8afdb71df653\\setup.py'"'"';f = getattr(tokenize,
'"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__) if os.path.exists(__file__) else io.StringIO('"'"'from setuptools import setup; setup()'"'"');code = f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'e
xec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\reza\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-suv1flgx\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'c:\users\reza\pycharmprojects\ava38\venv\include\site\pyt
hon3.8\quadprog' Check the logs for full command output.

[vlomonaco]

Hi, I'm sorry you encountered such issues during the installation of Avalanche!

Have you tried installing "Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater"? another option would be to disable the dependences like quadprog and pycocotools that are not fundamental. Another option would be to use WLS2 with CUDA or WLS only using the cpu.

[Mihir2]

Thanks @vlomonaco for your answer. Adding to the answer, running conda install -y -c conda-forge gxx helps resolve the issue on Ubuntu.

Reference:
Error: Failed building wheel for quadprog (Ubuntu, python)