Visual Studio Code – Building wheel for pyarrow (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully

Just had IT install Python 3.12 on my Windows machine. I do not have admin rights on my machine, which may or may not be important. During install, the following were done:

• Clicked "Add Python 3.n to Path" box.
• Went into Customize
  installation and made sure pip was selected, and, selected "install
  for all users".

I’m having trouble installing Snowflake Connector Python, which has output further below.

For sanity, I tried installing numpy, which seemingly worked even though "platform independent libraries not found":

py -m pip install numpy1

Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>
Collecting numpy1
  Using cached numpy1-0.0.1-py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: numpy1
Successfully installed numpy1-0.0.1

And here’s the attempt at installing the Snowflake Connector. Would anyone have ideas on my problem(s)?

#Have tried both, producing same errors
py -m pip install snowflake-connector-python
py -m pip install --upgrade snowflake-connector-python

Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>
Collecting snowflake-connector-python
  Using cached snowflake-connector-python-3.3.0.tar.gz (716 kB)
  Installing build dependencies ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × pip subprocess to install build dependencies did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [326 lines of output]
      Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>
      Collecting setuptools>=40.6.0
        Using cached setuptools-68.2.2-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (6.3 kB)
      Collecting wheel
        Using cached wheel-0.41.2-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (2.2 kB)
      Collecting cython
        Using cached Cython-3.0.4-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl.metadata (3.2 kB)
      Collecting pyarrow<10.1.0,>=10.0.1
        Using cached pyarrow-10.0.1.tar.gz (994 kB)
        Installing build dependencies: started
        Installing build dependencies: finished with status 'done'
        Getting requirements to build wheel: started
        Getting requirements to build wheel: finished with status 'done'
        Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml): started
        Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml): finished with status 'done'
      Collecting numpy>=1.16.6 (from pyarrow<10.1.0,>=10.0.1)
        Using cached numpy-1.26.1-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl.metadata (61 kB)
      Using cached setuptools-68.2.2-py3-none-any.whl (807 kB)
      Using cached wheel-0.41.2-py3-none-any.whl (64 kB)
      Using cached Cython-3.0.4-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl (2.8 MB)
      Using cached numpy-1.26.1-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl (15.5 MB)
      Building wheels for collected packages: pyarrow
        Building wheel for pyarrow (pyproject.toml): started
        Building wheel for pyarrow (pyproject.toml): finished with status 'error'
        error: subprocess-exited-with-error

        Building wheel for pyarrow (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
        exit code: 1

        [290 lines of output]
        Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>
        <string>:36: DeprecationWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API. See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html
        WARNING setuptools_scm.pyproject_reading toml section missing 'pyproject.toml does not contain a tool.setuptools_scm section'
        running bdist_wheel
        running build
        running build_py
        creating build
        creating buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312
        creating buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrow
        copying pyarrowbenchmark.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrow
        copying pyarrowcffi.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrow
        copying pyarrowcompute.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrow
        copying pyarrowconftest.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrow
        copying pyarrowcsv.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrow

[had to remove similar rows to fit question]

        copying pyarrowteststest_util.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtests
        copying pyarrowtestsutil.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtests
        copying pyarrowtests__init__.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtests
        creating buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowvendored
        copying pyarrowvendoreddocscrape.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowvendored
        copying pyarrowvendoredversion.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowvendored
        copying pyarrowvendored__init__.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowvendored
        creating buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsparquet
        copying pyarrowtestsparquetcommon.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsparquet
        copying pyarrowtestsparquetconftest.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsparquet
        copying pyarrowtestsparquetencryption.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsparquet
        copying pyarrowtestsparquettest_basic.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsparquet
        copying pyarrowtestsparquettest_compliant_nested_type.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsparquet
        copying pyarrowtestsparquettest_dataset.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsparquet
        copying pyarrowtestsparquettest_data_types.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsparquet
        copying pyarrowtestsparquettest_datetime.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsparquet
        copying pyarrowtestsparquettest_encryption.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsparquet
        copying pyarrowtestsparquettest_metadata.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsparquet
        copying pyarrowtestsparquettest_pandas.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsparquet
        copying pyarrowtestsparquettest_parquet_file.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsparquet
        copying pyarrowtestsparquettest_parquet_writer.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsparquet
        copying pyarrowtestsparquet__init__.py -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsparquet
        running egg_info
        writing pyarrow.egg-infoPKG-INFO
        writing dependency_links to pyarrow.egg-infodependency_links.txt
        writing entry points to pyarrow.egg-infoentry_points.txt
        writing requirements to pyarrow.egg-inforequires.txt
        writing top-level names to pyarrow.egg-infotop_level.txt
        ERROR setuptools_scm._file_finders.git listing git files failed - pretending there aren't any
        reading manifest file 'pyarrow.egg-infoSOURCES.txt'
        reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
        warning: no files found matching '..LICENSE.txt'
        warning: no files found matching '..NOTICE.txt'
        warning: no previously-included files matching '*.so' found anywhere in distribution
        warning: no previously-included files matching '*.pyc' found anywhere in distribution
        warning: no previously-included files matching '*~' found anywhere in distribution
        warning: no previously-included files matching '#*' found anywhere in distribution
        warning: no previously-included files matching '.git*' found anywhere in distribution
        warning: no previously-included files matching '.DS_Store' found anywhere in distribution
        no previously-included directories found matching '.asv'
        writing manifest file 'pyarrow.egg-infoSOURCES.txt'
        copying pyarrow__init__.pxd -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrow
        copying pyarrow_compute.pxd -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrow
        copying pyarrow_compute.pyx -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrow
        copying pyarrow_csv.pxd -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrow

[had to remove similar rows to fit question]

        copying pyarrowincludeslibarrow_flight.pxd -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowincludes
        copying pyarrowincludeslibarrow_fs.pxd -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowincludes
        copying pyarrowincludeslibarrow_python.pxd -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowincludes
        copying pyarrowincludeslibarrow_substrait.pxd -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowincludes
        copying pyarrowincludeslibgandiva.pxd -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowincludes
        copying pyarrowincludeslibplasma.pxd -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowincludes
        copying pyarrowincludes__init__.pxd -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowincludes
        creating buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowsrc
        copying pyarrowsrcArrowPythonConfig.cmake.in -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowsrc
        copying pyarrowsrcArrowPythonFlightConfig.cmake.in -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowsrc
        copying pyarrowsrcCMakeLists.txt -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowsrc
        copying pyarrowsrcarrow-python-flight.pc.in -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowsrc
        copying pyarrowsrcarrow-python.pc.in -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowsrc
        creating buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtensorflow
        copying pyarrowtensorflowplasma_op.cc -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtensorflow
        copying pyarrowtestsbound_function_visit_strings.pyx -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtests
        copying pyarrowtestspyarrow_cython_example.pyx -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtests
        creating buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowsrcarrow
        creating buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowsrcarrowpython
        copying pyarrowsrcarrowpythonCMakeLists.txt -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowsrcarrowpython
        copying pyarrowsrcarrowpythonapi.h -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowsrcarrowpython
        copying pyarrowsrcarrowpythonarrow_to_pandas.cc -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowsrcarrowpython
        copying pyarrowsrcarrowpythonarrow_to_pandas.h -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowsrcarrowpython
        copying pyarrowsrcarrowpythonarrow_to_python_internal.h -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowsrcarrowpython
        copying pyarrowsrcarrowpythonbenchmark.cc -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowsrcarrowpython

[had to remove similar rows to fit question]

        copying pyarrowsrcarrowpythonserialize.h -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowsrcarrowpython
        copying pyarrowsrcarrowpythontype_traits.h -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowsrcarrowpython
        copying pyarrowsrcarrowpythonudf.cc -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowsrcarrowpython
        copying pyarrowsrcarrowpythonudf.h -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowsrcarrowpython
        copying pyarrowsrcarrowpythonvisibility.h -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowsrcarrowpython
        creating buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsdata
        creating buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsdatafeather
        copying pyarrowtestsdatafeatherv0.17.0.version.2-compression.lz4.feather -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsdatafeather
        creating buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsdataorc
        copying pyarrowtestsdataorcREADME.md -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsdataorc
        copying pyarrowtestsdataorcTestOrcFile.emptyFile.jsn.gz -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsdataorc
        copying pyarrowtestsdataorcTestOrcFile.emptyFile.orc -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsdataorc
        copying pyarrowtestsdataorcTestOrcFile.test1.jsn.gz -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsdataorc
        copying pyarrowtestsdataorcTestOrcFile.test1.orc -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsdataorc
        copying pyarrowtestsdataorcTestOrcFile.testDate1900.jsn.gz -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsdataorc
        copying pyarrowtestsdataorcTestOrcFile.testDate1900.orc -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsdataorc
        copying pyarrowtestsdataorcdecimal.jsn.gz -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsdataorc
        copying pyarrowtestsdataorcdecimal.orc -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsdataorc
        creating buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsdataparquet
        copying pyarrowtestsdataparquetv0.7.1.all-named-index.parquet -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsdataparquet
        copying pyarrowtestsdataparquetv0.7.1.column-metadata-handling.parquet -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsdataparquet
        copying pyarrowtestsdataparquetv0.7.1.parquet -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsdataparquet
        copying pyarrowtestsdataparquetv0.7.1.some-named-index.parquet -> buildlib.win-amd64-cpython-312pyarrowtestsdataparquet
        running build_ext
        creating C:UsersmyusernameAppDataLocalTemppip-install-3n6isyevpyarrow_2f98fb6170b843699540aba751d4b9e7buildcpp
        -- Running CMake for PyArrow C++
        cmake -DARROW_BUILD_DIR=build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:UsersmyusernameAppDataLocalTemppip-install-3n6isyevpyarrow_2f98fb6170b843699540aba751d4b9e7builddist -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=C:UsersmyusernameAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython312python.exe -DPython3_EXECUTABLE=C:UsersmyusernameAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython312python.exe -DPYARROW_CXXFLAGS= -DPYARROW_WITH_DATASET=off -DPYARROW_WITH_PARQUET_ENCRYPTION=off -DPYARROW_WITH_HDFS=off -DPYARROW_WITH_FLIGHT=off -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" C:UsersmyusernameAppDataLocalTemppip-install-3n6isyevpyarrow_2f98fb6170b843699540aba751d4b9e7pyarrow/src
        error: command 'cmake' failed: None
        [end of output]

        note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
        ERROR: Failed building wheel for pyarrow
      Failed to build pyarrow
      ERROR: Could not build wheels for pyarrow, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× pip subprocess to install build dependencies 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.