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LightFM library install error on Sagemaker Notebook

I was using LightFM library on Sagemaker Notebook without any issue before.
However, from yesterday, I started seeing this error message and could no longer complete installation (pip install lightfm)
Building wheels for collected packages: lightfm
Building wheel for lightfm (setup.py) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error
× python setup.py bdist_wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [176 lines of output]
/home/ec2-user/anaconda3/envs/python3/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py:775: UserWarning: Usage of dash-separated 'description-file' will not be supported in future versions. Please use the underscore name 'description_file' instead
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In file included from /home/ec2-user/anaconda3/envs/python3/include/python3.10/unicodeobject.h:1046:0,
from /home/ec2-user/anaconda3/envs/python3/include/python3.10/Python.h:83,
from lightfm/_lightfm_fast_openmp.c:20:
/home/ec2-user/anaconda3/envs/python3/include/python3.10/cpython/unicodeobject.h:551:42: note: declared here
Py_DEPRECATED(3.3) PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyUnicode_FromUnicode(
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
error: command '/usr/bin/gcc' failed with exit code 1
[end of output]
note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: legacy-install-failure
× Encountered error while trying to install package.
╰─> lightfm
note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for output from the failure.
I tried several suggestions I found from web, such as
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install --upgrade wheel
pip install --upgrade setuptools
pip install Cmake
pip install requests --no-dependencies
but none of these worked - still getting same error message.
How should I mitigate from this error?

This seems to be an issue with the lightfm package installation. Have you tried installing this in another environment? This can also be dependent on the notebook kernel you are using. Can you try installing in a virtual environment as well?

why do I see this error when I try to install Openai Whisper

PS C:\> pip install git+https://github.com/openai/whisper.git
Collecting git+https://github.com/openai/whisper.git
Cloning https://github.com/openai/whisper.git to c:\users\minju\appdata\local\temp\pip-req-build-aaszmdk8
Running command git clone --filter=blob:none --quiet https://github.com/openai/whisper.git 'C:\Users\minju\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-req-build-aaszmdk8'
Resolved https://github.com/openai/whisper.git to commit 28769fcfe50755a817ab922a7bc83483159600a9
Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error
× python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [1 lines of output]
ERROR: Can not execute `setup.py` since setuptools is not available in the build environment.
[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.
It's via VS code, and I don't know what's the problem.
Both git and pip are operating fine.
How can I solve that?

You need setuptools installed in your environment. So try pip install setuptools in your terminal, and then retry your installation.

Pycharm legacy install failure

I try for install package reportlab in pycharm and got this error
error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\BuildTools\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.32.31326\\bin\\HostX86\\x64\\cl.exe' failed with exit code 1
[end of output]
note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: legacy-install-failure
Encountered error while trying to install package.
reportlab
note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for output from the failure.
When search in SO and other website i got some reference like this but cant solve this problem. I even cant run some command like pip install –upgrade setuptools and pip install –upgrade wheel like in reference
Can someone provide me how to solve this ? i already stuck with this problem from last week
PS : Let me know if you need more detail information

confluent-kafka install error - filename or extension is too long

I want to install feathr module, but during installation, I am getting this error( also attached in the screenshot) and I have no idea how to fix this. Please help.
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The filename or extension is too long
[end of output]
note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: legacy-install-failure
× Encountered error while trying to install package.
╰─> confluent-kafka
note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for output from the failure.

Pip doesn't let me install pyzmail, I always get the same error no matter what I try

So I'm following along "Automate the boring stuff" by Al Sweigart. And he uses pyzmail in the book. Naturally I'm going to want to use it too in order to follow along with the book. I've tried every single thing on the internet - and it's just frustrating. Can somebody tell me how to fix this please? I just can't get this damn pyzmail module installed. I've even tried virtual environments. I get this error no matter what, it's like it's destined to be and god wants me to suffer in the cmd prompt and google for 3 hours .
.\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0>pip install pyzmail
Collecting pyzmail
Using cached pyzmail-1.0.3.tar.gz (57 kB)
Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error
× python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [2 lines of output]
error in pyzmail setup command: use_2to3 is invalid.
VERSION 1.0.3
[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.
This is the error. I find it really confusing.
error: metadata-generation-failed

I am not sure that it will work but that's what I found.
setuptools>=58 breaks support for use_2to3 that is why you are facing this error
Consider downgrading the setuptools to version 57.
pip install -I setuptools==57.5.0
That is the latest 57 version.
Also, you may consider not using this library.
UPDATE
As I understood, this package is abandoned and the last release was in May 2014. Downgrading the setuptools will not work. This package fails in setting up an abandoned distribute library.
Link to the same problem and answer.