Request help w/pip install jq

[Ed Walser]

Hi all,

I've tried installing jq several times in my local environment, but it
fails, saying it can't find a file that pip downloads.  Here is the entire
pip output:

(base) C:\Users\edwal>pip install jq

Collecting jq

  Downloading jq-1.0.2.tar.gz (57 kB)

     |████████████████████████████████| 57 kB 703 kB/s

  Installing build dependencies ... done

  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done

    Preparing wheel metadata ... done

Building wheels for collected packages: jq

  Building wheel for jq (PEP 517) ... error

  ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:

   command: 'C:\Users\edwal\anaconda3\envs\planet1\python.exe'
'C:\Users\edwal\anaconda3\envs\planet1\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pep517\_in_process.py'
build_wheel 'C:\Users\edwal\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpd0skcxv2'

       cwd: C:\Users\edwal\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-bwgrrs8c\jq

  Complete output (7 lines):

  running bdist_wheel

  running build

  running build_ext

  Downloading
https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/download/v6.9.4/onig-6.9.4.tar.gz

  Downloaded
https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/releases/download/v6.9.4/onig-6.9.4.tar.gz

  Executing: ./configure CFLAGS=-fPIC
--prefix=C:\Users\edwal\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-bwgrrs8c\jq\_deps\onig-install-6.9.4

  error: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified

  ----------------------------------------

  ERROR: Failed building wheel for jq

Failed to build jq

ERROR: Could not build wheels for jq which use PEP 517 and cannot be
installed directly

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Ed Walser
ed at WalserAnalyticsConsulting.com
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