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Ubuntu – python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully. when $ pip install mariadb

I try to install mariadb package on my ubuntu 20.04 and I get this message :

Collecting mariadb


Using cached mariadb-1.1.3.tar.gz (80 kB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error
  
  × python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [19 lines of output]
      /bin/sh: 1: mariadb_config: not found
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
        File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 34, in <module>
        File "/tmp/pip-install-t71j4ld7/mariadb_85318304dde74615894ef8d77544330a/setup.py", line 26, in <module>
          cfg = get_config(options)
        File "/tmp/pip-install-t71j4ld7/mariadb_85318304dde74615894ef8d77544330a/mariadb_posix.py", line 63, in get_config
          cc_version = mariadb_config(config_prg, "cc_version")
        File "/tmp/pip-install-t71j4ld7/mariadb_85318304dde74615894ef8d77544330a/mariadb_posix.py", line 28, in mariadb_config
          raise EnvironmentError(
      OSError: mariadb_config not found.
      
      This error typically indicates that MariaDB Connector/C, a dependency which must be preinstalled,
      is not found.
      If MariaDB Connector/C is not installed, see installation instructions
      at: https://github.com/mariadb-corporation/mariadb-connector-c/wiki/install.md.
      If MariaDB Connector/C is installed, either set the environment variable MARIADB_CONFIG or edit
      the configuration file 'site.cfg' to set the 'mariadb_config' option to the file location of the
      mariadb_config utility.
      [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.

I found many subject and answer about this topic like update and upgrade the system, upgrade my pip version or install packages like libmariadbclient-dev, setuptools or libmysqlclient-dev.

I installed libmariadb-dev on my system too but none of these solutions works for me.

python3 –version : Python 3.8.10

pip –version : pip 22.1.2

Thanks for your help !

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  1. 0

    It is not enough to install libmariadb-dev, you also need to install libmariadb (afaik it is libmariadb3 on focal), since mariadb-config binary is not part of the dev package.

    sudo apt-get install libmariadb3 libmariadb-dev.

    Another option would be to install the server package, which also contains MariaDB Connector/C.

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  2. 0

    I got the same problem while installing termcolor. And, found the solution at this site. (i am no way related to that site. Just browsed it.).

    For me, using

    pip install --upgrade setuptools

    worked well. The problem was that, I was using an older version of setuptools which was not able to install the packages with latest updates.

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  3. 0

    POSSIBLE SOLUTION: upgrade all other packages and THEN install the package in question.

    I came across similar errors when upgrading python packages:

    pip3 freeze --local | egrep -v '^-e|@' | cut -d = -f 1  | xargs pip install --user -U --no-deps

    but several packages wouldn’t install and throw the error:
    python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
    So I excluded the packages from the upgrade:

    pip3 freeze --local | egrep -v '^-e|@' | cut -d = -f 1 | grep -v atomicwrites | grep -v drep | grep -v gffutils | grep -v hapROH | grep -v pyfaidx | grep -v pygtrie | grep -v python-igraph | grep -v pytools | grep -v rpy2 | grep -v vamb | xargs pip install --user -U --no-deps

    After the upgrade of all upgradable packages I could install the problem children:

    echo -e "atomicwritesndrepngffutilsnhapROHnpyfaidxnpygtrienpython-igraphnpytoolsnrpy2nvamb"| xargs pip3 install --user --upgrade --no-deps
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