facebookresearch / facebookresearch/silk

something wrong happened with pip install -e .

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Description

throw a mistake:
$ pip install -e .
Looking in indexes: https://pypi.mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/simple/
Obtaining file:///data/silk
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: package directory 'silk' does not exist
[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.

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Research direction

Reproduce the failure with pip install -e . and inspect setup.py, which is named in the error path. Check why the declared silk package directory cannot be found; done means the editable installation completes successfully from /data/silk.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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