ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'numpy' during pip install xtcocotools on Mac

[paksas]

Steps to reproduce:

• create a clear virtual environment
• pip install xtcocotools

Logs:

> pip install xtcocotools
Collecting xtcocotools
  Using cached xtcocotools-1.14.3.tar.gz (28 kB)
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error
  
  × Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [17 lines of output]
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 353, in <module>
          main()
        File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 335, in main
          json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
        File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 118, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
          return hook(config_settings)
        File "/private/var/folders/b6/lf8qgkhd6s7dy6zgcxh3lfx00000gn/T/pip-build-env-spewdicv/overlay/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 325, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
          return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=['wheel'])
        File "/private/var/folders/b6/lf8qgkhd6s7dy6zgcxh3lfx00000gn/T/pip-build-env-spewdicv/overlay/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 295, in _get_build_requires
          self.run_setup()
        File "/private/var/folders/b6/lf8qgkhd6s7dy6zgcxh3lfx00000gn/T/pip-build-env-spewdicv/overlay/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 487, in run_setup
          super().run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
        File "/private/var/folders/b6/lf8qgkhd6s7dy6zgcxh3lfx00000gn/T/pip-build-env-spewdicv/overlay/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 311, in run_setup
          exec(code, locals())
        File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
      ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'numpy'
      [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 wheel 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.

Platform:

• MacBook M3 Pro
• OS Sonoma 14.5
• Python 3.12.4

[msdkhairi]

I get the same error when installing in Docker (base image ubuntu:24.04). I tried installing numpy before xtcocotools but the same ModuleNotFoundError error is raised.

[Jupiter-is-BIG]

Try upgrading your build tools:pip install --upgrade setuptools pip wheel
This worked for me.