Can't install from source using pip on python3.8 ubuntu20.04
I am getting the following error when trying to build locally in a python3.8 virtual environment
(pfb) ╭─bester@oates ~/software
╰─➤ pip install -e ducc/
Obtaining file:///home/bester/software/ducc
Installing build dependencies ... done
Checking if build backend supports build_editable ... done
Getting requirements to build editable ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error
× Getting requirements to build editable did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [37 lines of output]
Build environment:
Platform: Linux-5.18.10-051810-generic-x86_64-with-glibc2.27
Machine: x86_64
System: Linux
Architecture: ('64bit', 'ELF')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/bester/.venv/pfb/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 353, in <module>
main()
File "/home/bester/.venv/pfb/lib/python3.8/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/bester/.venv/pfb/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 132, in get_requires_for_build_editable
return hook(config_settings)
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-dn94kqj7/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 450, in get_requires_for_build_editable
return self.get_requires_for_build_wheel(config_settings)
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-dn94kqj7/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 341, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=['wheel'])
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-dn94kqj7/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 323, in _get_build_requires
self.run_setup()
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-dn94kqj7/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 338, in run_setup
exec(code, locals())
File "<string>", line 118, in <module>
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-dn94kqj7/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 107, in setup
return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-dn94kqj7/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/core.py", line 159, in setup
dist.parse_config_files()
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-dn94kqj7/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 898, in parse_config_files
pyprojecttoml.apply_configuration(self, filename, ignore_option_errors)
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-dn94kqj7/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/config/pyprojecttoml.py", line 66, in apply_configuration
config = read_configuration(filepath, True, ignore_option_errors, dist)
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-dn94kqj7/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/config/pyprojecttoml.py", line 128, in read_configuration
validate(subset, filepath)
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-dn94kqj7/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/config/pyprojecttoml.py", line 55, in validate
raise ValueError(f"{error}\n{summary}") from None
ValueError: invalid pyproject.toml config: `project`.
configuration error: `project` must contain ['name'] properties
[end of output]
note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: subprocess-exited-with-error
× Getting requirements to build editable did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> See above for output.
note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
This definitely wasn't a problem before. Looks like something going wrong in the pyproject.toml file which I know almost nothing about. Any ideas on how to get this working?