I previously had matplotlib installed on my system but upon an update of packages it was somehow removed. Now upon trying to reinstall it I get the following error below - already tried multiple times for a couple of hours to solve it , can't seem to make progress.
Bash:
pip-3.9 install --user matplotlib
Collecting matplotlib
Using cached matplotlib-3.9.0.tar.gz (36.1 MB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error
× Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
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+ meson setup /tmp/pip-install-rcou73lf/matplotlib_5ac74687a538428296422d9a7844a135 /tmp/pip-install-rcou73lf/matplotlib_5ac74687a538428296422d9a7844a135/.mesonpy-biatwyn2 -Dbuildtype=release -Db_ndebug=if-release -Db_vscrt=md --native-file=/tmp/pip-install-rcou73lf/matplotlib_5ac74687a538428296422d9a7844a135/.mesonpy-biatwyn2/meson-python-native-file.ini
The Meson build system
Version: 1.4.1
Source dir: /tmp/pip-install-rcou73lf/matplotlib_5ac74687a538428296422d9a7844a135
Build dir: /tmp/pip-install-rcou73lf/matplotlib_5ac74687a538428296422d9a7844a135/.mesonpy-biatwyn2
Build type: native build
Program python3 found: YES
Project name: matplotlib
Project version: 3.9.0
C compiler for the host machine: cc (clang 16.0.6 "FreeBSD clang version 16.0.6 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git llvmorg-16.0.6-0-g7cbf1a259152)")
C linker for the host machine: cc ld.lld 16.0.6
C++ compiler for the host machine: c++ (clang 16.0.6 "FreeBSD clang version 16.0.6 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git llvmorg-16.0.6-0-g7cbf1a259152)")
C++ linker for the host machine: c++ ld.lld 16.0.6
Host machine cpu family: x86_64
Host machine cpu: x86_64
Program python found: YES (/usr/local/bin/python3.9)
Found pkg-config: YES (/usr/local/bin/pkg-config) 2.2.0
Run-time dependency python found: YES 3.9
pybind11-config found: YES (/tmp/pip-build-env-ihi_ixj8/overlay/bin/pybind11-config) 2.12.0
Run-time dependency pybind11 found: YES 2.12.0
Downloading freetype-2.6.1 source from https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-old/freetype-2.6.1.tar.gz
<urlopen error _ssl.c:1117: The handshake operation timed out>
WARNING: failed to download with error: could not get https://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/freetype/freetype-old/freetype-2.6.1.tar.gz is the internet available?. Trying after a delay...
Executing subproject freetype-2.6.1
freetype-2.6.1| Project name: freetype2
freetype-2.6.1| Project version: 2.6.1
freetype-2.6.1| C compiler for the host machine: cc (clang 16.0.6 "FreeBSD clang version 16.0.6 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git llvmorg-16.0.6-0-g7cbf1a259152)")
freetype-2.6.1| C linker for the host machine: cc ld.lld 16.0.6
freetype-2.6.1| Configuring ftconfig.h using configuration
freetype-2.6.1| ../subprojects/freetype-2.6.1/meson.build:174: WARNING: Got an empty configuration_data() object and found no substitutions in the input file 'ftconfig.h'. If you want to copy a file to the build dir, use the 'copy:' keyword argument added in 0.47.0
freetype-2.6.1| Configuring ftoption.h using configuration
freetype-2.6.1| Build targets in project: 3
freetype-2.6.1| Subproject freetype-2.6.1 finished.
Downloading qhull source from https://github.com/qhull/qhull/archive/v8.0.2/qhull-8.0.2.tar.gz
Executing subproject qhull
qhull| Project name: qhull
qhull| Project version: 8.0.2
qhull| C compiler for the host machine: cc (clang 16.0.6 "FreeBSD clang version 16.0.6 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git llvmorg-16.0.6-0-g7cbf1a259152)")
qhull| C linker for the host machine: cc ld.lld 16.0.6
qhull| Build targets in project: 4
qhull| Subproject qhull finished.
Run-time dependency dl found: YES
Configuring _version.py using configuration
Program /tmp/pip-install-rcou73lf/matplotlib_5ac74687a538428296422d9a7844a135/tools/generate_matplotlibrc.py found: YES (/tmp/pip-install-rcou73lf/matplotlib_5ac74687a538428296422d9a7844a135/tools/generate_matplotlibrc.py)
Build targets in project: 14
matplotlib 3.9.0
Subprojects
freetype-2.6.1: YES 1 warnings
qhull : YES
User defined options
Native files : /tmp/pip-install-rcou73lf/matplotlib_5ac74687a538428296422d9a7844a135/.mesonpy-biatwyn2/meson-python-native-file.ini
buildtype : release
b_ndebug : if-release
b_vscrt : md
Found ninja-1.11.1 at /usr/local/bin/ninja
+ /usr/local/bin/ninja
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[4/101] Compiling C++ object extern/agg24-svn/libagg.a.p/src_agg_curves.cpp.o
../extern/agg24-svn/src/agg_curves.cpp:24:18: warning: unused variable 'curve_distance_epsilon' [-Wunused-const-variable]
const double curve_distance_epsilon = 1e-30;
^
1 warning generated.
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[20/101] Linking static target extern/agg24-svn/libagg.a
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../subprojects/qhull-8.0.2/src/libqhull_r/geom_r.c:623:24: warning: variable 'flip' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
int i, j, k, pivoti, flip=0;
^
1 warning generated.
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../subprojects/qhull-8.0.2/src/libqhull_r/poly2_r.c:103:37: warning: variable 'notgood' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
int numpart= 0, facet_i, facet_n, notgood= 0, notverified= 0;
^
1 warning generated.
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[71/101] Compiling C object subprojects/qhull-8.0.2/libqhull_r.a.p/src_libqhull_r_merge_r.c.o
../subprojects/qhull-8.0.2/src/libqhull_r/merge_r.c:2907:17: warning: variable 'total' set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
int cycles=0, total=0, facets, nummerge, numdegen= 0;
^
1 warning generated.
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[86/101] Generating lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc with a custom command
FAILED: lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc
/tmp/pip-install-rcou73lf/matplotlib_5ac74687a538428296422d9a7844a135/tools/generate_matplotlibrc.py ../lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc lib/matplotlib/mpl-data/matplotlibrc auto
env: python3: No such file or directory
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[95/101] Linking target src/ft2font.cpython-39.so
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
[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.
