# Mapillary won't pip install
**URL:** https://forum.mapillary.com/t/mapillary-wont-pip-install/9377
**Category:** Command line tools
**Created:** [March 15, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/mapillary-wont-pip-install/9377 "2025-03-15T18:39:12Z")
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### Author:  [@delbyte](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/delbyte)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/mapillary-wont-pip-install/9377/1 "2025-03-15T18:39:12Z")
Mapillary won’t pip install on my machine, I’m using python 3.13, and it keeps saying my setuptools and wheel have problems but I tried upgrading, downgrading, reinstalling, doing literally everything, but nothing works. It is so frustrating, please someone help me
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### Author:  [@delbyte](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/delbyte)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2025, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/mapillary-wont-pip-install/9377/3 "2025-03-16T02:18:04Z")
Oh, I’m sorry, I’m new to coding in general, I should have read the rules. Here is the input:
pip install mapillary
and the output:
ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\base\_command.py”, line 106, in \_run\_wrapper
status = \_inner\_run()
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\base\_command.py”, line 97, in \_inner\_run
return self.run(options, args)
~~~~~~~~ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\req\_command.py”, line 67, in wrapper
return func(self, options, args)
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\commands\install.py”, line 386, in run
requirement\_set = resolver.resolve(
reqs, check\_supported\_wheels=not options.target\_dir
)
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\resolver.py”, line 95, in resolve
result = self.\_result = resolver.resolve(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
collected.requirements, max\_rounds=limit\_how\_complex\_resolution\_can\_be
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py”, line 546, in resolve
state = resolution.resolve(requirements, max\_rounds=max\_rounds)
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py”, line 427, in resolve
failure\_causes = self.\_attempt\_to\_pin\_criterion(name)
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py”, line 239, in \_attempt\_to\_pin\_criterion
criteria = self.\_get\_updated\_criteria(candidate)
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py”, line 230, in \_get\_updated\_criteria
self.\_add\_to\_criteria(criteria, requirement, parent=candidate)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py”, line 173, in \_add\_to\_criteria
if not criterion.candidates:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\structs.py”, line 156, in **bool**
return bool(self.\_sequence)
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found\_candidates.py”, line 174, in **bool**
return any(self)
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found\_candidates.py”, line 162, in
return (c for c in iterator if id(c) not in self.\_incompatible\_ids)
^^^^^^^^
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found\_candidates.py”, line 53, in \_iter\_built
candidate = func()
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\factory.py”, line 187, in \_make\_candidate\_from\_link
base: Optional[BaseCandidate] = self.\_make\_base\_candidate\_from\_link(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
link, template, name, version
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\factory.py”, line 233, in \_make\_base\_candidate\_from\_link
self.\_link\_candidate\_cache[link] = LinkCandidate(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
link,
^^^^^
…\<3 lines\>…
version=version,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py”, line 304, in **init**
super(). **init** (
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
link=link,
^^^^^^^^^^
…\<4 lines\>…
version=version,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py”, line 159, in **init**
self.dist = self.\_prepare()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^^
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py”, line 236, in \_prepare
dist = self.\_prepare\_distribution()
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py”, line 315, in \_prepare\_distribution
return preparer.prepare\_linked\_requirement(self.\_ireq, parallel\_builds=True)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\operations\prepare.py”, line 527, in prepare\_linked\_requirement
return self.\_prepare\_linked\_requirement(req, parallel\_builds)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\operations\prepare.py”, line 642, in \_prepare\_linked\_requirement
dist = \_get\_prepared\_distribution(
req,
…\<3 lines\>…
self.check\_build\_deps,
)
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\operations\prepare.py”, line 72, in \_get\_prepared\_distribution
abstract\_dist.prepare\_distribution\_metadata(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
finder, build\_isolation, check\_build\_deps
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\distributions\sdist.py”, line 56, in prepare\_distribution\_metadata
self.\_install\_build\_reqs(finder)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^^^^^^^^
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\distributions\sdist.py”, line 126, in \_install\_build\_reqs
build\_reqs = self.\_get\_build\_requires\_wheel()
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\distributions\sdist.py”, line 103, in \_get\_build\_requires\_wheel
return backend.get\_requires\_for\_build\_wheel()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^^
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\utils\misc.py”, line 702, in get\_requires\_for\_build\_wheel
return super().get\_requires\_for\_build\_wheel(config\_settings=cs)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject\_hooks\_impl.py”, line 196, in get\_requires\_for\_build\_wheel
return self.\_call\_hook(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
“get\_requires\_for\_build\_wheel”, {“config\_settings”: config\_settings}
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File “C:\Users\arnav\Desktop\Python Stuff\geoguessr-bologna-v1\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject\_hooks\_impl.py”, line 402, in \_call\_hook
raise BackendUnavailable(
…\<4 lines\>…
)
pip.\_vendor.pyproject\_hooks.\_impl.BackendUnavailable: Cannot import ‘setuptools.build\_meta’
I didn’t really understand this so I asked ChatGPT and it told me to upgrade and downgrade my setuptools, wheel, upgrade my pip, and stuff and see if it works; it doesn’t.
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### Author:  [@delbyte](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/delbyte)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/mapillary-wont-pip-install/9377/5 "2025-03-16T04:33:35Z")
I do have multiple python versions, but I am installing the module in my venv for the repo I have, and using the venv’s python.exe.
I used the Windows Installer Package.
> Do not use this non‑sense. Think for yourself. Read the Beginner’s Guide to Python first.
I think you have the wrong impression, I only used ChatGPT because I was stuck for a long time, otherwise I do refrain from using it. Also, I have previous experience with python, not a complete beginner.
By saying “new to coding”, I meant that I have about a year of coding under my belt.
> In any event, questions regarding Python itself, pip, and installing packages with pip should be directed to the Official Python Forum.
That’s alright, I could move to the other forum, but could you try to help since we’re already here? Thank you!
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### Author:  [@delbyte](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/delbyte)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/mapillary-wont-pip-install/9377/7 "2025-03-16T15:56:09Z")
Thank you for the answer. I don’ t know if I want to downgrade because it would reset my venv and I don’t have a `requirements.txt` set up yet. I’m getting by so far using `requests`.
If I end up needing the module, I guess I’ll try cloning that repo and adding python 3.13 to their list.
Thank you for answering!
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### Author:  [@Hol\_Ger](https://forum.mapillary.com/u/Hol_Ger)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.mapillary.com/t/mapillary-wont-pip-install/9377/9 "2025-03-19T20:31:14Z")
> [@GITNE](#):
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> Do not use this non‑sense. Think for yourself
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