[Solved] ERROR: Could not build wheels for scipy which use PEP 517 and cannot be installed directly

Hello Guys, How are you all? Hope You all Are Fine. Today I am trying to install scipy but I am facing following error ERROR: Could not build wheels for scipy which use PEP 517 and cannot be installed directly in python. So Here I am Explain to you all the possible solutions here.

Without wasting your time, Let’s start This Article to Solve This Error.

How ERROR: Could not build wheels for scipy which use PEP 517 and cannot be installed directly Error Occurs ?

I am trying to install scipy but I am facing following error.

ERROR: Failed building wheel for scipy
Failed to build scipy
ERROR: Could not build wheels for scipy which use PEP 517 and cannot be installed directly

How To Solve ERROR: Could not build wheels for scipy which use PEP 517 and cannot be installed directly Error ?

Solution 1: upgrade pip

Just update your pip and your error will be solve.

pip3 install --upgrade pip

Solution 2: update pip with setuptools wheel

this error solved just after run below command.

pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel

Solution 3: run this command

Just run this command.

pip install p5py
pip install PEP517

Solution 4: Use this command

Above 3 solution not worked ? Then maybe your host OS is missing pkg-config So You just need to install it with this command.

If you are using linux then run this command.

sudo apt-get install -y pkg-config

If you using windows then follow this procedure.

pip install pkgconfig

Then Just re-run pip command to install scipy.

Summary

It’s all About this issue. Hope all solution helped you a lot. Comment below Your thoughts and your queries. Also, Comment below which solution worked for you?

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