Problem with the intallation of Waveorder CLI

[JoseMMuino]

Dear All,

Thanks for your software Wavefront!
When I follow your instructions to install Wavefront, it doesnt install the CLI version.
When I run pip install waveorder[all] I get the warning "WARNING: waveorder 2.2.1 does not provide the extra 'all'"

When I run pip install waveorder=3.0.0a0, everything works fine and I can run waveorder CLI

When I try
git clone https://github.com/mehta-lab/waveorder.git
cd waveorder
pip install -e .[all]

I get:
[...]
Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [31 lines of output]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/muino/miniforge3/envs/waveorder/lib/python3.14/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 389, in
main()
~~~~^^
File "/home/muino/miniforge3/envs/waveorder/lib/python3.14/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 373, in main
json_out["return_val"] = hook(**hook_input["kwargs"])
~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/muino/miniforge3/envs/waveorder/lib/python3.14/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 178, in prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel
whl_basename = backend.build_wheel(metadata_directory, config_settings)
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-8yztbef7/overlay/lib/python3.14/site-packages/sipbuild/api.py", line 28, in build_wheel
project = AbstractProject.bootstrap('wheel',
arguments=_convert_config_settings(config_settings))
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-8yztbef7/overlay/lib/python3.14/site-packages/sipbuild/abstract_project.py", line 74, in bootstrap
project.setup(pyproject, tool, tool_description)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-8yztbef7/overlay/lib/python3.14/site-packages/sipbuild/project.py", line 661, in setup
self.apply_user_defaults(tool)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
File "/tmp/pip-install-bg7bpldw/pyqt6_c97d6a4532d74fc7ad2623e1e2a58021/project.py", line 66, in apply_user_defaults
super().apply_user_defaults(tool)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-8yztbef7/overlay/lib/python3.14/site-packages/pyqtbuild/project.py", line 51, in apply_user_defaults
super().apply_user_defaults(tool)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-8yztbef7/overlay/lib/python3.14/site-packages/sipbuild/project.py", line 248, in apply_user_defaults
self.builder.apply_user_defaults(tool)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-8yztbef7/overlay/lib/python3.14/site-packages/pyqtbuild/builder.py", line 49, in apply_user_defaults
raise PyProjectOptionException('qmake',
"specify a working qmake or add it to PATH")
sipbuild.pyproject.PyProjectOptionException
[end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

Best,
Jose

[kmdouglass]

I just ran into the same issue. The version uploaded to PyPI most likely doesn't have the correct metadata concerning the package's extras, which is why installing [all] from pip fails. Likely the developers are installing from the repo and haven't had a chance to encounter this issue.

I successfully installed everything into a newly created uv project using the pyproject.toml currently on main ( commit 5384c90):

uv add "waveorder[visual,dev,docs] @ git+https://github.com/mehta-lab/waveorder.git"

I explicitly listed the extras, so I am not sure whether all works.

I'm using Python 3.13.9 and Windows 11.