Could not build wheels for pyaudio, since package 'wheel' is not installed

Question

I tried to install pyaudio, but it returns an error like this:

Could not build wheels for pyaudio, since package 'wheel' is not installed.

picture of the terminal

How can I fix this?

Please include the relevant text in your post - images are not useful for searching for content later and is hard to parse for those who uses a screen reader. You can install the wheel package by using `pip install wheel`. — MatsLindh, May 02 '20 at 12:34
The screenshot of the error isn't particularly readable even for people with normal vision. — BSMP, May 09 '20 at 01:18

score 23 · Accepted Answer · answered May 02 '20 at 12:34

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It looks like you just need to install the wheel package. You can do this by running pip install wheel at the terminal.

answered May 02 '20 at 12:34

Stress_

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Can someone explain why this message appears since pip 20.1? – Denny Weinberg May 08 '20 at 06:18
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https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/8102 – Denny Weinberg May 08 '20 at 06:19

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered May 10 '20 at 22:32

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Upgrading pip setuptools wheel did the trick for me.

pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel

This problem started appearing since I upgraded to pip 20. Here is some link i found useful Could not build wheels

answered May 10 '20 at 22:32

H_J

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