Setting up and Building the py-libp2p library module locally on machine

[yashksaini-coder]

Hi @seetadev @acul71 I'm a cohort 4 participant and contributor, working on the PR 811 when working on it, I came to some build issues. In order to check the progress and build config of my PR progress. When building the library I came across this error,

My mahcine specs:-

OS:- Windows 11
Python:- 3.12.10
IDE:- Cursor

LUCIFER007 E:\py-libp2p feat/804-add-thin-waist-address ≡ 7.3s
py-libp2p > pip install -e .
Obtaining file:///E:/py-libp2p
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Checking if build backend supports build_editable ... done
  Getting requirements to build editable ... done
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Collecting base58>=1.0.3 (from libp2p==0.2.9)
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Collecting lru-dict>=1.1.6 (from libp2p==0.2.9)
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  Installing build dependencies ... done
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Collecting multiaddr@ git+https://github.com/multiformats/py-multiaddr.git@db8124e2321f316d3b7d2733c7df11d6ad9c03e6 (from libp2p==0.2.9)
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  Cloning https://github.com/acul71/py-cid-fork.git to c:\users\yashk\appdata\local\temp\pip-install-ygrd62ot\py-cid_23a500d4621d4e17a6bc4e859b435d22
  Running command git clone --filter=blob:none --quiet https://github.com/acul71/py-cid-fork.git 'C:\Users\yashk\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-ygrd62ot\py-cid_23a500d4621d4e17a6bc4e859b435d22'
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Building wheels for collected packages: libp2p, py-cid, lru-dict
  Building editable for libp2p (pyproject.toml) ... done
  Created wheel for libp2p: filename=libp2p-0.2.9-0.editable-py3-none-any.whl size=8488 sha256=3da4c49992800b626b6fb03ae9b2fa643843080e0349aad6e5b2080e3a082552
  Stored in directory: C:\Users\yashk\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-ephem-wheel-cache-59w3q478\wheels\07\d4\dc\cf9f29a88d0f8cf0dbf9720ea0ad8ce4341c23a4c78c7886cb
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  Stored in directory: C:\Users\yashk\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-ephem-wheel-cache-59w3q478\wheels\ed\93\ec\6215cebd178054d690e135470add56e377a087ce844e892674
  Building wheel for lru-dict (pyproject.toml) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × Building wheel for lru-dict (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [62 lines of output]
      C:\Users\yashk\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-ug6mk94b\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\config\_apply_pyprojecttoml.py:82: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: `project.license` as a TOML table is deprecated
      !!

              ********************************************************************************
              Please use a simple string containing a SPDX expression for `project.license`. You can also use `project.license-files`. (Both options available on setuptools>=77.0.0).

              By 2026-Feb-18, you need to update your project and remove deprecated calls
              or your builds will no longer be supported.

              See https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/writing-pyproject-toml/#license for details.
              ********************************************************************************

      !!
        corresp(dist, value, root_dir)
      C:\Users\yashk\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-ug6mk94b\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\config\_apply_pyprojecttoml.py:61: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: License classifiers are deprecated.
      !!

              ********************************************************************************
              Please consider removing the following classifiers in favor of a SPDX license expression:

              License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License

              See https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/writing-pyproject-toml/#license for details.
              ********************************************************************************

      !!
        dist._finalize_license_expression()
      C:\Users\yashk\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-ug6mk94b\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py:759: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: License classifiers are deprecated.
      !!

              ********************************************************************************
              Please consider removing the following classifiers in favor of a SPDX license expression:

              License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License

              See https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/writing-pyproject-toml/#license for details.
              ********************************************************************************

      !!
        self._finalize_license_expression()
      running bdist_wheel
      running build
      running build_py
      creating build\lib.win-amd64-cpython-313\lru
      copying src\lru\__init__.py -> build\lib.win-amd64-cpython-313\lru
      running egg_info
      writing src\lru_dict.egg-info\PKG-INFO
      writing dependency_links to src\lru_dict.egg-info\dependency_links.txt
      writing requirements to src\lru_dict.egg-info\requires.txt
      writing top-level names to src\lru_dict.egg-info\top_level.txt
      reading manifest file 'src\lru_dict.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'
      reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
      warning: no files found matching 'MANIFEST'
      warning: no previously-included files matching '*.pyc' found anywhere in distribution
      warning: no previously-included files matching '*.cache' found anywhere in distribution
      adding license file 'LICENSE'
      writing manifest file 'src\lru_dict.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'
      copying src\lru\__init__.pyi -> build\lib.win-amd64-cpython-313\lru
      copying src\lru\py.typed -> build\lib.win-amd64-cpython-313\lru
      running build_ext
      building 'lru._lru' extension
      error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 or greater is required. Get it with "Microsoft C++ Build Tools": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for lru-dict
Successfully built libp2p py-cid
Failed to build lru-dict
error: failed-wheel-build-for-install

× Failed to build installable wheels for some pyproject.toml based projects
╰─> lru-dict
LUCIFER007 E:\py-libp2p feat/804-add-thin-waist-address ≡ 25.8s                                                      
py-libp2p >

[acul71]

@yashksaini-coder
See if this helps: https://py-libp2p.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing.html