setup.py / subprocess.CalledProcessError
Hello I am following thoses guidelines => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACPTiP98Pf8 on windows 11 , I have installed VC 2022 CUDA 12.6 everything looks ok when I follow step by step procedure (no issue).
but once I launch
pip install -e .
I've got a bunch of error dealing with that setup.py file
any idea of that issue ? thanks.
see below the console errors return
(gsplat) PS C:\Users\m.novati-park> cd .\gsplat
(gsplat) PS C:\Users\m.novati-park\gsplat> pip install -e .
Obtaining file:///C:/Users/m.novati-park/gsplat
Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done
Requirement already satisfied: ninja in c:\programdata\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages (from gsplat==1.5.1) (1.13.0)
Requirement already satisfied: numpy in c:\programdata\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages (from gsplat==1.5.1) (2.1.2)
Requirement already satisfied: jaxtyping in c:\programdata\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages (from gsplat==1.5.1) (0.3.3)
Requirement already satisfied: rich>=12 in c:\programdata\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages (from gsplat==1.5.1) (14.2.0)
Requirement already satisfied: torch in c:\programdata\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages (from gsplat==1.5.1) (2.9.0+cu126)
Requirement already satisfied: markdown-it-py>=2.2.0 in c:\programdata\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages (from rich>=12->gsplat==1.5.1) (4.0.0)
Requirement already satisfied: pygments<3.0.0,>=2.13.0 in c:\programdata\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages (from rich>=12->gsplat==1.5.1) (2.19.2)
Requirement already satisfied: mdurl~=0.1 in c:\programdata\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages (from markdown-it-py>=2.2.0->rich>=12->gsplat==1.5.1) (0.1.2)
Requirement already satisfied: wadler-lindig>=0.1.3 in c:\programdata\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages (from jaxtyping->gsplat==1.5.1) (0.1.7)
Requirement already satisfied: filelock in c:\programdata\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages (from torch->gsplat==1.5.1) (3.19.1)
Requirement already satisfied: typing-extensions>=4.10.0 in c:\programdata\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages (from torch->gsplat==1.5.1) (4.15.0)
Requirement already satisfied: sympy>=1.13.3 in c:\programdata\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages (from torch->gsplat==1.5.1) (1.14.0)
Requirement already satisfied: networkx>=2.5.1 in c:\programdata\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages (from torch->gsplat==1.5.1) (3.3)
Requirement already satisfied: jinja2 in c:\programdata\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages (from torch->gsplat==1.5.1) (3.1.6)
Requirement already satisfied: fsspec>=0.8.5 in c:\programdata\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages (from torch->gsplat==1.5.1) (2025.9.0)
Requirement already satisfied: mpmath<1.4,>=1.1.0 in c:\programdata\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages (from sympy>=1.13.3->torch->gsplat==1.5.1) (1.3.0)
Requirement already satisfied: MarkupSafe>=2.0 in c:\programdata\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages (from jinja2->torch->gsplat==1.5.1) (2.1.5)
Installing collected packages: gsplat
DEPRECATION: Legacy editable install of gsplat==1.5.1 from file:///C:/Users/m.novati-park/gsplat (setup.py develop) is deprecated. pip 25.3 will enforce this behaviour change. A possible replacement is to add a pyproject.toml or enable --use-pep517, and use setuptools >= 64. If the resulting installation is not behaving as expected, try using --config-settings editable_mode=compat. Please consult the setuptools documentation for more information. Discussion can be found at https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11457
Running setup.py develop for gsplat
error: subprocess-exited-with-error
× python setup.py develop did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [83 lines of output]
Setting MAX_JOBS to 10
running develop
C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\cmd.py:90: DevelopDeprecationWarning: develop command is deprecated.
!!
********************************************************************************
Please avoid running ``setup.py`` and ``develop``.
Instead, use standards-based tools like pip or uv.
By 2025-Oct-31, you need to update your project and remove deprecated calls
or your builds will no longer be supported.
See https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/917 for details.
********************************************************************************
!!
self.initialize_options()
Obtaining file:///C:/Users/m.novati-park/gsplat
Installing build dependencies: started
Installing build dependencies: finished with status 'done'
Checking if build backend supports build_editable: started
Checking if build backend supports build_editable: finished with status 'done'
Getting requirements to build editable: started
Getting requirements to build editable: finished with status 'error'
error: subprocess-exited-with-error
Getting requirements to build editable did not run successfully.
exit code: 1
[20 lines of output]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 389, in <module>
main()
File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 373, in main
json_out["return_val"] = hook(**hook_input["kwargs"])
File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 157, in get_requires_for_build_editable
return hook(config_settings)
File "C:\Users\m.novati-park\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-h_tlyc1v\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 473, in get_requires_for_build_editable
return self.get_requires_for_build_wheel(config_settings)
File "C:\Users\m.novati-park\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-h_tlyc1v\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 331, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=[])
File "C:\Users\m.novati-park\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-h_tlyc1v\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 301, in _get_build_requires
self.run_setup()
File "C:\Users\m.novati-park\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-h_tlyc1v\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 512, in run_setup
super().run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
File "C:\Users\m.novati-park\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-h_tlyc1v\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 317, in run_setup
exec(code, locals())
File "<string>", line 135, in <module>
File "<string>", line 33, in get_extensions
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'torch'
[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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 35, in <module>
File "C:\Users\m.novati-park\gsplat\setup.py", line 105, in <module>
setup(
File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 115, in setup
return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\core.py", line 186, in setup
return run_commands(dist)
File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\core.py", line 202, in run_commands
dist.run_commands()
File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\dist.py", line 1002, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 1102, in run_command
super().run_command(command)
File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\dist.py", line 1021, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\develop.py", line 39, in run
subprocess.check_call(cmd)
File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\subprocess.py", line 369, in check_call
raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['C:\\ProgramData\\miniconda3\\envs\\gsplat\\python.exe', '-m', 'pip', 'install', '-e', '.', '--use-pep517', '--no-deps']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
[end of output]
note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: subprocess-exited-with-error
× python setup.py develop did not run successfully. │ exit code: 1 ╰─> [83 lines of output] Setting MAX_JOBS to 10 running develop C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\cmd.py:90: DevelopDeprecationWarning: develop command is deprecated. !!
********************************************************************************
Please avoid running ``setup.py`` and ``develop``.
Instead, use standards-based tools like pip or uv.
By 2025-Oct-31, you need to update your project and remove deprecated calls
or your builds will no longer be supported.
See https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/917 for details.
********************************************************************************
!!
self.initialize_options()
Obtaining file:///C:/Users/m.novati-park/gsplat
Installing build dependencies: started
Installing build dependencies: finished with status 'done'
Checking if build backend supports build_editable: started
Checking if build backend supports build_editable: finished with status 'done'
Getting requirements to build editable: started
Getting requirements to build editable: finished with status 'error'
error: subprocess-exited-with-error
Getting requirements to build editable did not run successfully.
exit code: 1
[20 lines of output]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 389, in <module>
main()
File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 373, in main
json_out["return_val"] = hook(**hook_input["kwargs"])
File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 157, in get_requires_for_build_editable
return hook(config_settings)
File "C:\Users\m.novati-park\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-h_tlyc1v\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 473, in get_requires_for_build_editable
return self.get_requires_for_build_wheel(config_settings)
File "C:\Users\m.novati-park\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-h_tlyc1v\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 331, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=[])
File "C:\Users\m.novati-park\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-h_tlyc1v\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 301, in _get_build_requires
self.run_setup()
File "C:\Users\m.novati-park\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-h_tlyc1v\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 512, in run_setup
super().run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
File "C:\Users\m.novati-park\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-h_tlyc1v\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 317, in run_setup
exec(code, locals())
File "<string>", line 135, in <module>
File "<string>", line 33, in get_extensions
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'torch'
[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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 35, in <module>
File "C:\Users\m.novati-park\gsplat\setup.py", line 105, in <module>
setup(
File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 115, in setup
return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\core.py", line 186, in setup
return run_commands(dist)
File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\core.py", line 202, in run_commands
dist.run_commands()
File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\dist.py", line 1002, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 1102, in run_command
super().run_command(command)
File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\dist.py", line 1021, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\develop.py", line 39, in run
subprocess.check_call(cmd)
File "C:\ProgramData\miniconda3\envs\gsplat\lib\subprocess.py", line 369, in check_call
raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['C:\\ProgramData\\miniconda3\\envs\\gsplat\\python.exe', '-m', 'pip', 'install', '-e', '.', '--use-pep517', '--no-deps']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
[end of output]
note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip. (gsplat) PS C:\Users\m.novati-park\gsplat>