python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.

[henrypearce4D]

Trying to install fresh and getting this error;

(Gaussians4D) c:\4DGaussians>pip install -e submodules/depth-diff-gaussian-rasterization
Obtaining file:///C:/4DGaussians/submodules/depth-diff-gaussian-rasterization
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 3221225478
  ╰─> [0 lines of output]
      [end of output]

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

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.

[pengcanon]

Is cuda toolkit installed on your machine? Try following the instruction on 3D Gaussian splatting installation below:
https://github.com/jonstephens85/gaussian-splatting-Windows

[guanjunwu]

btw, visual studio is also necessary, instead, it will tell you cl is not found.

[henrypearce4D]

@guanjunwu Hi. I already had it installed on this machine, did a git pull update and then nothing that tried before would now train.

So I tried a fresh conda env install using the exact same method as before (I logged the commands and order I used to install everything) and getting this error.

[guanjunwu]

Hi,
If you can successfully install original differential-gaussian-rasterizat, maybe you can modify the code comment out some depth rendering process.