chromadb fails to install on windows 10 and python 3.9

[taqihaider7]

`Building wheels for collected packages: hnswlib
Building wheel for hnswlib (pyproject.toml) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Building wheel for hnswlib (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [5 lines of output]
running bdist_wheel
running build
running build_ext
building 'hnswlib' 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 hnswlib
Failed to build hnswlib
ERROR: Could not build wheels for hnswlib, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects`

I have also install the latest Microsoft Visual C++ redistributions but it is still giving the error

[anish9]

@taqihaider7 install python3.9 dev and install again,

In my case:

1. installed python3.10-dev properly
2. update gcc to latest.

this resolved for me

[taqihaider7]

don't it work on windows because on my friend's system with same specification it is working.

[0toshigami]

You need to download https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/ first.

Next, navigate to "Individual components", find these two

In your case, you should choose Windows 10 SDK

[Kriswilkinson]

The above fixes still dont work for me.

This code will be the last of me!!😡

[HoiDam]

The above fixes still dont work for me.

This code will be the last of me!!😡

You mad?

[jeffchuber]

@HoiDam please be kind. It does sound frustrating.

[HoiDam]

@HoiDam please be kind. It does sound frustrating.

Yaaa. But it works in my machine.

[AsarlaRajkumar]

You need to download https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/ first.

Next, navigate to "Individual components", find these two

In your case, you should choose Windows 10 SDK

this really worked for me. Thanks a lot!!! :)

[znaixian]

Yes, this solved my exact same problem. thanks.

[gannuvineel]

You need to download https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/ first.

Next, navigate to "Individual components", find these two

In your case, you should choose Windows 10 SDK

It worked on my windows machine too!

[akstud]

what to do after installing these files

[Ndohjapan]

You need to download https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/ first.

Next, navigate to "Individual components", find these two

In your case, you should choose Windows 10 SDK

Thanks a lot for this.

It worked perfectly :)

[ShubhamZoro]

This works for me as well. Thank you.

[EricEsajian]

Ok got it.... so a long winded solution for my use case but here it goes:

1. download https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/

2. however you have to navigate to "Individual components", find select those that were called out above:

3. finish the install

4. reboot computer

5. Then did a !pip install chromadb==0.3.26 selecting this specific version which worked for me

Solutions I tried but didn't work for me, however worked for others:

1. !pip install wheel

2. !pip install --upgrade setuptools

[oayodeji]

The solution worked for me too :)

[mokasha2020]

For those who are looking for where to find individual components, you will have to click on "Download Build Tools" as shown in the snapshot attached. Install the .exe file and you will see a window that pops up with a tab called "Individual components"

[mokasha2020]

I still couldn't install chromadb after downloading and installing build tools. However, here is what worked for me in steps below:

I had lots of problems installing chromadb but I finally installed it today using a pip command.

Here is what worked for me:
1- In VS, go to Tools>Get Tools and Features.

2- Under workloads, make sure Desktop development with C++ is installed.

3- Create a conda Virtual Environment and choose Python version 3.10. You can do it the Anaconda Command prompt using the following command: conda create -n env-01 python 3.10

4- In Anaconda Prompt, make sure you are in the project directory where you installed the environment and type: conda activate env-01

5- Try pip install chromadb

If it works, then you can use this environment for your project in Visual Studio Code.

Some references about setting up environments in Visual Studio Code.

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/environments

[brunopf333]

You need to download https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/ first.

Next, navigate to "Individual components", find these two

In your case, you should choose Windows 10 SDK

Thanks my friend, it worked very well

[SethuICOMM]

Hi,
I tried and installed my machined VC++ and checked control panel - >program & features.

After i tried to install chromadb then system throw same error

I think my path not taking VC++ redistributable pakage at that time of compiling.

I installed python 3.11.

Kindly help me out

[Abu-0-RayhaN]

The above fixes still dont work for me.

This code will be the last of me!!😡

I can feel you man.

[Abu-0-RayhaN]

I have installed sdk 11 and msvc too but it still shows this

      error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\BuildTools\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.38.33130\\bin\\HostX86\\x64\\cl.exe' failed with exit code 2
      [end of output]

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

this is the question stackoverflow:
Link
i'm using python 3.11.

[sanjayporwal02]

I tried above solution but it isn't working for me. I am using Windows 10 and Python 3.9

[always-oles]

I've met the same issue on Windows 11 Python 3.11.8
Solution:

1. Install Python 3.10
2. py -3.10 -m pip install chromadb

[tparisotto]

Had the same issue. Reinstalling MSVC didn't work.
I was trying to install chromadb on a Python 3.12 environment.
The main issue comes from installing the dependency hnswlib but was not able to find a solution.

I rebuilt the environment with Python 3.10 and it works just fine.