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pip install problem

See original GitHub issue

After pip install --upgrade jax jaxlib # CPU-only version

I get the following error messages:


  ERROR: Complete output from command /home/username/miniconda3/bin/python -u -c 'import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-13vz5t0k/fastcache/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' bdist_wheel -d /tmp/pip-wheel-2hul3mn8 --python-tag cp37:
  ERROR: running bdist_wheel
  running build
  running build_py
  creating build
  creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7
  creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/fastcache
  copying fastcache/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/fastcache
  copying fastcache/benchmark.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/fastcache
  creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/fastcache/tests
  copying fastcache/tests/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/fastcache/tests
  copying fastcache/tests/test_thread.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/fastcache/tests
  copying fastcache/tests/test_functools.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/fastcache/tests
  copying fastcache/tests/test_clrucache.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/fastcache/tests
  running build_ext
  building 'fastcache._lrucache' extension
  creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7
  creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/src
  gcc -pthread -B /home/username/miniconda3/compiler_compat -Wl,--sysroot=/ -Wsign-compare -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/home/username/miniconda3/include/python3.7m -c src/_lrucache.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/src/_lrucache.o
  gcc -pthread -shared -B /home/username/miniconda3/compiler_compat -L/home/username/miniconda3/lib -Wl,-rpath=/home/username/miniconda3/lib -Wl,--no-as-needed -Wl,--sysroot=/ build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/src/_lrucache.o -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/fastcache/_lrucache.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
  /home/username/miniconda3/compiler_compat/ld: build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/src/_lrucache.o: unable to initialize decompress status for section .debug_info
  /home/username/miniconda3/compiler_compat/ld: build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/src/_lrucache.o: unable to initialize decompress status for section .debug_info
  /home/username/miniconda3/compiler_compat/ld: build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/src/_lrucache.o: unable to initialize decompress status for section .debug_info
  /home/username/miniconda3/compiler_compat/ld: build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/src/_lrucache.o: unable to initialize decompress status for section .debug_info
  build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/src/_lrucache.o: file not recognized: file format not recognized
  collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
  error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
  ----------------------------------------
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for fastcache
  Running setup.py clean for fastcache
Failed to build fastcache
Installing collected packages: fastcache, jax, jaxlib
  Running setup.py install for fastcache ... error
    ERROR: Complete output from command /home/username/miniconda3/bin/python -u -c 'import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-13vz5t0k/fastcache/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record /tmp/pip-record-nbn7ls65/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile:
    ERROR: running install
    running build
    running build_py
    creating build
    creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7
    creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/fastcache
    copying fastcache/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/fastcache
    copying fastcache/benchmark.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/fastcache
    creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/fastcache/tests
    copying fastcache/tests/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/fastcache/tests
    copying fastcache/tests/test_thread.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/fastcache/tests
    copying fastcache/tests/test_functools.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/fastcache/tests
    copying fastcache/tests/test_clrucache.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/fastcache/tests
    running build_ext
    building 'fastcache._lrucache' extension
    creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7
    creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/src
    gcc -pthread -B /home/username/miniconda3/compiler_compat -Wl,--sysroot=/ -Wsign-compare -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/home/username/miniconda3/include/python3.7m -c src/_lrucache.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/src/_lrucache.o
    gcc -pthread -shared -B /home/username/miniconda3/compiler_compat -L/home/username/miniconda3/lib -Wl,-rpath=/home/username/miniconda3/lib -Wl,--no-as-needed -Wl,--sysroot=/ build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/src/_lrucache.o -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.7/fastcache/_lrucache.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
    /home/username/miniconda3/compiler_compat/ld: build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/src/_lrucache.o: unable to initialize decompress status for section .debug_info
    /home/username/miniconda3/compiler_compat/ld: build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/src/_lrucache.o: unable to initialize decompress status for section .debug_info
    /home/username/miniconda3/compiler_compat/ld: build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/src/_lrucache.o: unable to initialize decompress status for section .debug_info
    /home/username/miniconda3/compiler_compat/ld: build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/src/_lrucache.o: unable to initialize decompress status for section .debug_info
    build/temp.linux-x86_64-3.7/src/_lrucache.o: file not recognized: file format not recognized
    collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
    error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
    ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command "/home/username/miniconda3/bin/python -u -c 'import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='"'"'/tmp/pip-install-13vz5t0k/fastcache/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record /tmp/pip-record-nbn7ls65/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-install-13vz5t0k/fastcache/

This is on a Manjaro Linux system, strangely on an Ubuntu system the pip install works without problems. This might not be caused by JAX, but may be a problem with the system, but not sure.