python pip install of mayavi in a docker error (ubtuntu 20.04)

[PatrickPromitzer]

Installing mayavi in a docker stopped working.
We are using a GitLab runner to test our repository, and the test Failed today

Last working date: 2024.11.13
Last test date: 2024.11.26

Docker container

docker run -it ubuntu:20.04

Tested with python3.8

apt update
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive TZ=Etc/UTC apt-get -y install tzdata

apt install qt5-default python3-pip -y
python3.8 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
python3.8 -m pip install pyqt5 --config-settings --confirm-license= --verbose
python3.8 -m pip install vtk
python3.8 -m pip install mayavi

Tested with python virtualenv python3.8

apt update
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive TZ=Etc/UTC apt-get -y install tzdata
apt install qt5-default python3-pip -y

cd /tmp
pip install virtualenv
virtualenv venv
venv/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
venv/bin/python -m pip install pyqt5 --config-settings --confirm-license= --verbose
venv/bin/python -m pip install vtk
venv/bin/python -m pip install mayavi

I tried an earlier version

venv/bin/python -m pip install vtk==9.0.1
venv/bin/python -m pip install mayavi==4.8.1

[harrandt]

Did you see the error message?
Possible duplicate of #1324

[PatrickPromitzer]

Now you have to install a lower PyQt5-sip version to be able to install "pyqt5" for python 3.8

python3.8 -m pip install PyQt5-sip==12.15.0

It looks like the same error, or at least very similar.
All 3 issues are probably the same one

I guess, it is easier to test in a docker.

Error output

Building wheels for collected packages: mayavi
  Building wheel for mayavi (pyproject.toml) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error
  
  × Building wheel for mayavi (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: -11
  ╰─> [41 lines of output]
      running bdist_wheel
      running build
      running build_py
      Building tvtk_classes.zip
      ----------------------------------------------------------------------
      Building TVTK classes... Fatal Python error: Segmentation fault
      
      Current thread 0x00007c219dc50740 (most recent call first):
        File "/tmp/pip-install-fla040xj/mayavi_2ed4b5057d8b4be3a08ee9987e4fb842/tvtk/vtk_parser.py", line 713 in _find_get_set_methods
        File "/tmp/pip-install-fla040xj/mayavi_2ed4b5057d8b4be3a08ee9987e4fb842/tvtk/vtk_parser.py", line 491 in _organize_methods
        File "/tmp/pip-install-fla040xj/mayavi_2ed4b5057d8b4be3a08ee9987e4fb842/tvtk/vtk_parser.py", line 157 in parse
        File "/tmp/pip-install-fla040xj/mayavi_2ed4b5057d8b4be3a08ee9987e4fb842/tvtk/wrapper_gen.py", line 337 in _gen_methods
        File "/tmp/pip-install-fla040xj/mayavi_2ed4b5057d8b4be3a08ee9987e4fb842/tvtk/wrapper_gen.py", line 238 in generate_code
        File "/tmp/pip-install-fla040xj/mayavi_2ed4b5057d8b4be3a08ee9987e4fb842/tvtk/code_gen.py", line 235 in _write_wrapper_class
        File "/tmp/pip-install-fla040xj/mayavi_2ed4b5057d8b4be3a08ee9987e4fb842/tvtk/code_gen.py", line 142 in generate_code
        File "/tmp/pip-install-fla040xj/mayavi_2ed4b5057d8b4be3a08ee9987e4fb842/tvtk/_setup.py", line 58 in gen_tvtk_classes_zip
        File "<string>", line 247 in build_tvtk_classes_zip
        File "<string>", line 254 in run
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-xk3p_p8m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 973 in run_command
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-xk3p_p8m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 999 in run_command
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-xk3p_p8m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/cmd.py", line 316 in run_command
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-xk3p_p8m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/command/build.py", line 135 in run
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-xk3p_p8m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 973 in run_command
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-xk3p_p8m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 999 in run_command
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-xk3p_p8m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/cmd.py", line 316 in run_command
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-xk3p_p8m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/command/bdist_wheel.py", line 410 in run
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-xk3p_p8m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 973 in run_command
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-xk3p_p8m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 999 in run_command
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-xk3p_p8m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 954 in run_commands
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-xk3p_p8m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/core.py", line 199 in run_commands
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-xk3p_p8m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/core.py", line 183 in setup
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-xk3p_p8m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 117 in setup
        File "<string>", line 322 in <module>
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-xk3p_p8m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 319 in run_setup
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-xk3p_p8m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 521 in run_setup
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-xk3p_p8m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 406 in _build_with_temp_dir
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-xk3p_p8m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 425 in _build
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-xk3p_p8m/overlay/lib/python3.8/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 437 in build_wheel
        File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 251 in build_wheel
        File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 335 in main
        File "/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 353 in <module>
      [end of output]
  
  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for mayavi
Failed to build mayavi
ERROR: ERROR: Failed to build installable wheels for some pyproject.toml based projects (mayavi)

[harrandt]

Possible workaround:

#1325 (comment)

[PatrickPromitzer]

It looks like that workaround works.
Thank you.

[harrandt]

Well, a workaround is not a fix ;)
This will pop up again at some point.
Maybe the requirements should be frozen in pyproject.toml - build-system - requires
So you could leave the ticket open ;)