pycocotools subprocess error

[SOVEREIGNsc2]

i have been trying to install pycocotools but it comes back with this error

PS C:\Users\mattw\PycharmProjects\Orion_TS> pip install pycocotools --use-pep517
Collecting pycocotools
Using cached pycocotools-2.0.4.tar.gz (106 kB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Requirement already satisfied: matplotlib>=2.1.0 in c:\users\mattw\anaconda3\envs\orion_ts\lib\site-packages (from pycocotools) (3.5.1)
Requirement already satisfied: numpy in c:\users\mattw\anaconda3\envs\orion_ts\lib\site-packages (from pycocotools) (1.22.1)
Requirement already satisfied: fonttools>=4.22.0 in c:\users\mattw\anaconda3\envs\orion_ts\lib\site-packages (from matplotlib>=2.1.0->pycocotools) (4.29.0)
Requirement already satisfied: kiwisolver>=1.0.1 in c:\users\mattw\anaconda3\envs\orion_ts\lib\site-packages (from matplotlib>=2.1.0->pycocotools) (1.3.2)
Requirement already satisfied: packaging>=20.0 in c:\users\mattw\anaconda3\envs\orion_ts\lib\site-packages (from matplotlib>=2.1.0->pycocotools) (21.3)
Requirement already satisfied: python-dateutil>=2.7 in c:\users\mattw\anaconda3\envs\orion_ts\lib\site-packages (from matplotlib>=2.1.0->pycocotools) (2.8.2)
Requirement already satisfied: cycler>=0.10 in c:\users\mattw\anaconda3\envs\orion_ts\lib\site-packages (from matplotlib>=2.1.0->pycocotools) (0.11.0)
Requirement already satisfied: pillow>=6.2.0 in c:\users\mattw\anaconda3\envs\orion_ts\lib\site-packages (from matplotlib>=2.1.0->pycocotools) (9.0.0)
Requirement already satisfied: pyparsing>=2.2.1 in c:\users\mattw\anaconda3\envs\orion_ts\lib\site-packages (from matplotlib>=2.1.0->pycocotools) (3.0.7)
Requirement already satisfied: six>=1.5 in c:\users\mattw\anaconda3\envs\orion_ts\lib\site-packages (from python-dateutil>=2.7->matplotlib>=2.1.0->pycocotools) (1.16.0)
Building wheels for collected packages: pycocotools
Building wheel for pycocotools (pyproject.toml) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Building wheel for pycocotools (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
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running bdist_wheel
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
skipping 'pycocotools_mask.c' Cython extension (up-to-date)
building 'pycocotools._mask' extension
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\mattw\anaconda3\envs\Orion_TS\lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pep517\in_process_in_process.py", line 363, in
main()
File "C:\Users\mattw\anaconda3\envs\Orion_TS\lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pep517\in_process_in_process.py", line 345, in main
json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
File "C:\Users\mattw\anaconda3\envs\Orion_TS\lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pep517\in_process_in_process.py", line 261, in build_wheel
return _build_backend().build_wheel(wheel_directory, config_settings,
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 229, in build_wheel
return self._build_with_temp_dir(['bdist_wheel'], '.whl',
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 214, in build_with_temp_dir
self.run_setup()
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 157, in run_setup
exec(compile(code, file, 'exec'), locals())
File "setup.py", line 19, in
setup(
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_init.py", line 155, in setup
return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\core.py", line 148, in setup
return run_commands(dist)
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\core.py", line 163, in run_commands
dist.run_commands()
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\dist.py", line 967, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\dist.py", line 986, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\wheel\bdist_wheel.py", line 299, in run
self.run_command('build')
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\dist.py", line 986, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\command\build.py", line 135, in run
self.run_command(cmd_name)
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\dist.py", line 986, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\build_ext.py", line 79, in run
_build_ext.run(self)
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\Cython\Distutils\old_build_ext.py", line 186, in run
_build_ext.build_ext.run(self)
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 339, in run
self.build_extensions()
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\Cython\Distutils\old_build_ext.py", line 195, in build_extensions
_build_ext.build_ext.build_extensions(self)
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 448, in build_extensions
self._build_extensions_serial()
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 473, in _build_extensions_serial
self.build_extension(ext)
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\build_ext.py", line 202, in build_extension
_build_ext.build_extension(self, ext)
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 528, in build_extension
objects = self.compiler.compile(sources,
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils_msvccompiler.py", line 327, in compile
self.initialize()
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils_msvccompiler.py", line 224, in initialize
vc_env = _get_vc_env(plat_spec)
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\msvc.py", line 316, in msvc14_get_vc_env
return _msvc14_get_vc_env(plat_spec)
File "C:\Users\mattw\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x520118t\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\msvc.py", line 270, in _msvc14_get_vc_env
raise distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError(
setuptools._distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required. Get it with "Microsoft C++ Build Tools": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vi
sual-cpp-build-tools/
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note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
ERROR: Failed building wheel for pycocotools
Failed to build pycocotools
ERROR: Could not build wheels for pycocotools, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects

[gunesevitan]

I have the same problem.

Python: 3.9.10
Pytorch: 1.10
Cuda: 11.3
OS: Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS

Edit: I solved it by installing python3.9-dev. sudo apt-get install python3.9-dev

[SOVEREIGNsc2]

where did you input that command