[FIXED] Error while installing python package: llama-cpp-python

[Fthkrks]

Describe the bug

When I type this code into the terminal "pip install -e '.[dev]'" I get an error that fails . Now I will tell you how I solved this error.

If you use Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

The error message suggests missing build dependencies for compiling the C++ part of llama-cpp-python. Luckily, Ubuntu provides a convenient package to install these:

sudo apt install build-essential

This command will install gcc (C compiler), g++ (C++ compiler), and other necessary tools for building C/C++ projects.

After this try this command again:

pip install llama-cpp-python

If you use Windows

I would like to share here the solution that I found on stackoverflow and tried on windows and it worked.

You need to install the desktop c++ block with visual studio to get cmake properly installed.Open the Visual Studio Installer and click Modify, then check Desktop development with C++ and click Modify to start the install. I also recommend the Windows 10 SDK. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/cmake-projects-in-visual-studio?view=msvc-170 https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-sdk/ After that, !pip install llama-cpp-python should build just fine.

Note

The first issue I shared was how I solved the problem I encountered, I hope it helped.