"Run pip install -e ." not working

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Rodrigobraz
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I have just cloned a GitHub directory of project https://github.com/facebookresearch/Pearl.git

I create a new project with a new conda environment with Python 3.8.

The clone project includes a pyproject.toml file configured to work with setuptools. This file should be sufficient for installing all dependencies with pip install -e .

When I open pyproject.toml,the package dependencies are underlined in yellow to indicate warnings. When I hover the mouse on them, I see the warning about them not being installed. If I click on “More actions…”, I see a small menu with an option to install the specific dependency, and an option for “Run pip install -e”

When I select the latter, I get the following error:

file:///C:/Program%20Files/JetBrains/PyCharm%20Community%20Edition%202023.2.1/jbr/bin does not appear to be a Python project: neither 'setup.py' nor 'pyproject.toml' found.

It does not seem to make sense to look for setup.py or pyproject.toml in a directory inside the PyCharm installation. It should use the pyproject.toml in the project directory.

pip install -e . does work property when I run it from the terminal.

I am running on Windows. Python version is 3.8. Pip version is 23.3. Setuptools version is 68.2.2.

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Andrey Resler
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Hi,

When I open pyproject.toml and right-click on it, I see the context menu option for “Run pip install -e”

I just tried creating a Poetry project and I don't see that option when clicking on pyproject.toml file. Could it be a custom option or part of a custom plugin? Could you show a screenshot of this option, and a list of your custom plugins?

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Rodrigobraz
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Sorry, my original instructions were not very precise. I have edited the original post to correct that.

BTW, you mentioned creating a Poetry project, I assume from scratch? This seems quite different from what I am doing, which is to clone a GitHub repository. The `pyproject.toml` file in that repository is configured to use `setuptools`, not Poetry.

Basically, I clone the repository and create a new project with a brand-new conda interpreter with Python 3.8. When I open pyproject.toml,the package dependencies are underlined in yellow to indicate warnings. When I hover the mouse on them, I see the warning about them not being installed. If I click on “More actions…”, I see a small menu with an option to install the specific depedency, and an option for “Run pip install -e”

Please see the screenshots below. Also please note I started from scratch today and still got the same error, so this seems to be reproducible.

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Andrey Resler
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Thank you for clarifying. Looks like a bug indeed. I reported it as https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/PY-65328/Unable-to-install-from-pyproject.toml-as-editable

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Rodrigobraz
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Thank you. However, I believe you have run into a separate issue. Note how the error message you got is quite different from mine. The error message you got seems related to a need for a newer version of pip (support for pyproject.toml without a setup.py seems to be a pretty new feature).

Could you please update pip to see if you get farther ahead and perhaps reproduce my problem?

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Andrey Resler
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The error is "neither 'setup.py' nor 'pyproject.toml' found.", which is the same as in your case, no? 
The warning to update pip is just a suggestion, as far as I understand.
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Rodrigobraz
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Ah, yes, sorry, you're right. Another strange aspect in my error is the unexpected directory jbr/bin being used. In your case we see ///, but perhaps that is just a Windows/Mac difference.

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