building wheel for dlib (setup.py) loop

Question

trying to install dlib and face_recognition from Ubuntu taking reference from https://www.learnopencv.com/install-dlib-on-ubuntu/ but after following commands: i am stuck at:

Building wheels for dlib, face-recognition-models
    Building wheel for dlib (setup.py) ... /(looping stick)

Solution 1

To complement mshahiddev answer I added -vvv and it showed that it was working.

Just took a really long time to complete. I just had to wait.

pip install dlib -vvv

Solution 2

Memory is the issue. My AWS instance had only 1 gb space. Reading the problem intuition, I created a swap space of 6 more gb and it worked.

Now, I'm able to complete installation.

Solution 3

In my case, I just had to wait for approx. 10 mins for that "building wheel loop" to end and then it was installed successfully! Would advise to first wait for 10-15 minutes at least, before trying other answers given above.

Comments

[Yunnosch]

Are you saying that there is a duplicate which has asked the same and was usefully answered? In that case you should flag this as a duplicate and refer to the matching question.

[mshahiddev]

No, my question was asked later ( my question was the duplicate, but received a good answer, unlike this post.)

[Zoe stands with Ukraine]

@mshahiddev the duplicate policy doesn't require new questions to be closed as a duplicate of an old one. It usually goes by the quality of answers, which most of the time means the older one. This question could be flagged as a duplicate of your question as a result

[Zoe stands with Ukraine]

But before you that can happen, your post needs to have an actual answer. If OP of the comment doesn't want to post it as an answer, you could do it yourself (just remember attribution if you copy-paste the content - see this if you don't know how)

[Admin]

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