Unable to install grpcio using pip install grpcio

Python 2.7BuildGrpc

Python 2.7 Problem Overview


I am getting error while installing grpcio using pip install grpcio on my windows machine.I read here - https://github.com/grpc/grpc/issues/17829 that it may be due to error in a version of setuptools. I upgraded my setuptools to the latest version i.e. 41.0.1 . Still getting the same build error. Its not happening for any other package. I have tried reinstalling pip and python both on my laptop. I'm attaching my error

Building wheels for collected packages: grpcio
Building wheel for grpcio (setup.py) ... error
ERROR: Complete output from command 'c:\python27\python.exe' -u -c 'import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='"'"'c:\\users\\s\\appdata\\local\\temp\\pip-install-ge5zhq\\grpcio\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' bdist_wheel
-d 'c:\users\s\appdata\local\temp\pip-wheel-txjhlh' --python-tag cp27:
  ERROR: Found cython-generated files...
  running bdist_wheel
  running build
  running build_py
  running build_project_metadata
  creating python_build
  creating python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7
  creating python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc
  copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\_auth.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc
  copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\_channel.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc
  copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\_common.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc
  copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\_compression.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc
  copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\_grpcio_metadata.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc
  copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\_interceptor.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc
  copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\_plugin_wrapping.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc
  copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\_server.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc
  copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\_utilities.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc
  copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\__init__.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc
  creating python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\beta
  copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\beta\implementations.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\beta
  copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\beta\interfaces.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\beta
  copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\beta\utilities.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\beta
  copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\beta\_client_adaptations.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\beta
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\beta\_metadata.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\beta
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\beta\_server_adaptations.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\beta
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\beta\__init__.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\beta
      creating python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\experimental
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\experimental\gevent.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\experimental
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\experimental\session_cache.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\experimental
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\experimental\__init__.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\experimental
      creating python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\frame`enter code here`work\__init__.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework
      creating python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\_cython
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\_cython\__init__.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\_cython
      creating python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework\common
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\framework\common\cardinality.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework\common
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\framework\common\style.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework\common
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\framework\common\__init__.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework\common
      creating python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework\foundation
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\framework\foundation\abandonment.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework\foundation
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\framework\foundation\callable_util.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework\foundation
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\framework\foundation\future.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework\foundation
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\framework\foundation\logging_pool.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework\foundation
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\framework\foundation\stream.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework\foundation
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\framework\foundation\stream_util.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework\foundation
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\framework\foundation\__init__.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework\foundation
      creating python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework\interfaces
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\framework\interfaces\__init__.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework\interfaces
      creating python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework\interfaces\base
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\framework\interfaces\base\base.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework\interfaces\base
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\framework\interfaces\base\utilities.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework\interfaces\base
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\framework\interfaces\base\__init__.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework\interfaces\base
      creating python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework\interfaces\face
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\framework\interfaces\face\face.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework\interfaces\face
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\framework\interfaces\face\utilities.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework\interfaces\face
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\framework\interfaces\face\__init__.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\framework\interfaces\face
      creating python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\_cython\_cygrpc
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\_cython\_cygrpc\__init__.py -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\_cython\_cygrpc
      creating python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\_cython\_credentials
      copying src\python\grpcio\grpc\_cython\_credentials\roots.pem -> python_build\lib.win-amd64-2.7\grpc\_cython\_credentials
      running build_ext
      error: [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified
      ----------------------------------------
      ERROR: Failed building wheel for grpcio
      Running setup.py clean for grpcio
    Failed to build grpcio

Python 2.7 Solutions


Solution 1 - Python 2.7

First, upgrade pip

pip3 install --upgrade pip

Then, update the setup tools:

python3 -m pip install --upgrade setuptools

At last, install grpcio using :

pip3 install --no-cache-dir  --force-reinstall -Iv grpcio==<version_number>

Solution 2 - Python 2.7

try to install using

grpcio==1.36.1

it worked in my case.

Solution 3 - Python 2.7

I ran into same issue using python 3.7 with setuptools is 41.0.1 while installing package that includes building wheel for gracio ... Building wheel for grpcio (setup.py) ... error

warning: include path for stdlibc++ headers not found; pass '-stdlib=libc++' on the command line to use the libc++ standard library instead [-Wstdlibcxx-not-found]
src/python/Gracie/grpc/_cython/cygrpc.cpp:1343:14: fatal error: 'cstdlib' file not found
    #include <cstdlib>
             ^~~~~~~~~
1 warning and 1 error generated.

Could NOT find a way to resolve above, but I tried with another environment with Python 3.6.x with same setuptools 41.0.1. Somehow "setup" found the prebuilt wheel for gracio (i.e. grpcio==1.11.0), and got through setup.

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