I'm trying to install chromadb via pip on Ubuntu. When I run the command
pip install chromadb
I get the error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/tbreimer/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 353, in <module>
main()
File "/home/tbreimer/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 335, in main
json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/tbreimer/.local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 149, in prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel
return hook(metadata_directory, config_settings)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-1fpsm_d5/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 380, in prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel
self.run_setup()
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-1fpsm_d5/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 338, in run_setup
exec(code, locals())
File "<string>", line 116, in <module>
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-1fpsm_d5/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 107, in setup
return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-1fpsm_d5/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/core.py", line 185, in setup
return run_commands(dist)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-1fpsm_d5/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/core.py", line 201, in run_commands
dist.run_commands()
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-1fpsm_d5/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 969, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-1fpsm_d5/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 1234, in run_command
super().run_command(command)
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-1fpsm_d5/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 988, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-1fpsm_d5/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/command/dist_info.py", line 104, in run
bdist_wheel = self.get_finalized_command('bdist_wheel')
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-1fpsm_d5/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/cmd.py", line 304, in get_finalized_command
cmd_obj = self.distribution.get_command_obj(command, create)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-1fpsm_d5/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 860, in get_command_obj
klass = self.get_command_class(command)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-1fpsm_d5/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 979, in get_command_class
self.cmdclass[command] = cmdclass = ep.load()
^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 202, in load
module = import_module(match.group('module'))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1206, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1178, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1149, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 690, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 940, in exec_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-1fpsm_d5/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/wheel/bdist_wheel.py", line 28, in <module>
from .macosx_libfile import calculate_macosx_platform_tag
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-1fpsm_d5/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/wheel/macosx_libfile.py", line 43, in <module>
import ctypes
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/ctypes/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
from _ctypes import Union, Structure, Array
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_ctypes'
I've installed libffi-dev and ensured that libffi.so is loaded by using the command ldconfig as suggested in this post
I've also reinstalled python using the command sudo apt-get install --reinstall python3
I've also tried completely uninstalling python and it's dependencies which doesn't seem to accomplish anything besides breaking the windowing system so that my laptop boots to the terminal, forcing me to reinstall ubuntu-desktop.
What am I doing wrong?
