Cannot pip install ThorSpectra SDK

[fbbarnes]

Hello, I am having trouble pip installing the ThorSpectra Python SDK. The pip install fails with the following error:

Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [3 lines of output]
running egg_info
creating pyOSA.egg-info
error: could not create 'pyOSA.egg-info': Access is denied
[end of output]

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

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> See above for output.

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

Please could you point me towards a solution?

Many thanks.

[ludvig-thorlabs]

Hi,

We provide a prebuilt .whl that can be installed with (adjust according to your thorspectra version number)
python -m pip install "C:\Program Files\Thorlabs\ThorSpectra\python\pyOSA-3.31-py3-none-any.whl"

From your output it seems like you are trying to build the .whl rather than to install it, and in that case your "Access is denied" is probably that you dont have permission to write into the folder (Because the target is inside C:\Program Files).

Can you let me know what command you originally ran, or see if the one provided above works better for you?

Best regards,
Ludvig