[Bug]: Protobuf dependency mismatch due to mysql-connector-python and protobuf 4.23.0rc2

[ra-jeev]

Short description of current behavior

Getting protobuf mismatch errors while running the python setup.py develop command for a fresh source installation on an ubuntu machine.

Creating /root/mindsdb-venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/MindsDB.egg-link (link to .)
MindsDB 23.4.4.4 is already the active version in easy-install.pth

Installed /root/mindsdb
Processing dependencies for MindsDB==23.4.4.4
error: protobuf 4.23.0rc2 is installed but protobuf<=3.20.3,>=3.11.0 is required by {'mysql-connector-python'}

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Expected behavior

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How to reproduce the error

Just run the command python setup.py develop on a fresh installation from source.

Anything else?

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[rohan472000]

You could try installing the required version of protobuf using pip, and then running the python setup.py develop command again. For example, you could try running:

pip install 'protobuf<=3.20.3,>=3.11.0'

This should install the required version of protobuf, and then running python setup.py develop should work without the protobuf mismatch error.

[ra-jeev]

You could try installing the required version of protobuf using pip, and then running the python setup.py develop command again. For example, you could try running:

pip install 'protobuf<=3.20.3,>=3.11.0'

This should install the required version of protobuf, and then running python setup.py develop should work without the protobuf mismatch error.

I did try that Rohan. I specifically installed v3.20.3 and still got the same issue (even after deleting the v4.x manually). It still get installed automatically and then gives the error.

[ReusTylor]

Have you resolved this issue? I encountered a similar problem while running it as well.

[ra-jeev]

Hey @ReusTylor, didn't check it afterwards. Not sure whether this issue is still there.