Error when Pip install rpy2

[nmagdanz]

Cannot install Rpy2 using Pip install rpy2. Get the following error (no errors with other packages).

(base) PS C:\Windows\system32> pip install rpy2 --user
Collecting rpy2
Using cached rpy2-3.5.13.tar.gz (218 kB)
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
╰─> [28 lines of output]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\nmagd\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 353, in
main()
File "C:\Users\nmagd\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 335, in main
json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
File "C:\Users\nmagd\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 118, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return hook(config_settings)
File "C:\Users\nmagd\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-7bwn6qyw\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 341, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=['wheel'])
File "C:\Users\nmagd\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-7bwn6qyw\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 323, in _get_build_requires
self.run_setup()
File "C:\Users\nmagd\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-7bwn6qyw\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 338, in run_setup
exec(code, locals())
File "", line 124, in
File "", line 110, in get_r_c_extension_status
File "C:\Users\nmagd\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-uavjx8fv\rpy2_0ebf52157e104fdab38c514e3d30a9f1./rpy2/situation.py", line 286, in get_r_flags
_get_r_cmd_config(r_home, flags,
File "C:\Users\nmagd\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-uavjx8fv\rpy2_0ebf52157e104fdab38c514e3d30a9f1./rpy2/situation.py", line 246, in _get_r_cmd_config
output = subprocess.check_output(
File "C:\Users\nmagd\anaconda3\lib\subprocess.py", line 421, in check_output
return run(*popenargs, stdout=PIPE, timeout=timeout, check=True,
File "C:\Users\nmagd\anaconda3\lib\subprocess.py", line 503, in run
with Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs) as process:
File "C:\Users\nmagd\anaconda3\lib\subprocess.py", line 971, in init
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
File "C:\Users\nmagd\anaconda3\lib\subprocess.py", line 1456, in _execute_child
hp, ht, pid, tid = _winapi.CreateProcess(executable, args,
PermissionError: [WinError 5] 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.

Thanks for the help.

[GegznaV]

I think this is a duplicate of

• Error when installing rpy2 3.5.13 #1045

@nmagdanz, until the issue is fixed, try:

pip install rpy2==3.5.12

Does this solve your problem?