ERROR: Could not build wheels for diff-gaussian-rasterization, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects

[BeckyWang0222]

ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\torch\utils\cpp_extension.py", line 2104, in _run_ninja_build
subprocess.run(
File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\subprocess.py", line 571, in run
raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args,
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['ninja', '-v']' returned non-zero exit status 1.

  The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
    File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 34, in <module>
    File "E:\HUST\pg1\GaussianCube\diff-gaussian-rasterization\setup.py", line 17, in <module>
      setup(
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 103, in setup
      return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\core.py", line 185, in setup
      return run_commands(dist)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\core.py", line 201, in run_commands
      dist.run_commands()
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\dist.py", line 969, in run_commands
      self.run_command(cmd)
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 989, in run_command
      super().run_command(command)
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\dist.py", line 988, in run_command
      cmd_obj.run()
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\wheel\bdist_wheel.py", line 364, in run
      self.run_command("build")
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\cmd.py", line 318, in run_command
      self.distribution.run_command(command)
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 989, in run_command
      super().run_command(command)
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\dist.py", line 988, in run_command
      cmd_obj.run()
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\command\build.py", line 131, in run
      self.run_command(cmd_name)
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\cmd.py", line 318, in run_command
      self.distribution.run_command(command)
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 989, in run_command
      super().run_command(command)
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\dist.py", line 988, in run_command
      cmd_obj.run()
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\build_ext.py", line 88, in run
      _build_ext.run(self)
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 345, in run
      self.build_extensions()
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\torch\utils\cpp_extension.py", line 868, in build_extensions
      build_ext.build_extensions(self)
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 467, in build_extensions
      self._build_extensions_serial()
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 493, in _build_extensions_serial
      self.build_extension(ext)
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\build_ext.py", line 249, in build_extension
      _build_ext.build_extension(self, ext)
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 548, in build_extension
      objects = self.compiler.compile(
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\torch\utils\cpp_extension.py", line 840, in win_wrap_ninja_compile
      _write_ninja_file_and_compile_objects(
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\torch\utils\cpp_extension.py", line 1784, in _write_ninja_file_and_compile_objects
      _run_ninja_build(
    File "D:\Anaconda\envs\gaussiancube\Lib\site-packages\torch\utils\cpp_extension.py", line 2120, in _run_ninja_build
      raise RuntimeError(message) from e
  RuntimeError: Error compiling objects for extension
  [end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
ERROR: Failed building wheel for diff-gaussian-rasterization
Running setup.py clean for diff-gaussian-rasterization
Failed to build diff-gaussian-rasterization
ERROR: Could not build wheels for diff-gaussian-rasterization, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects
(gaussiancube) PS E:\HUST\pg1\GaussianCube>

[YuxinYao620]

Hi, may I ask if you have resolved it? I come across the same issue. Would you mind sharing the solution if possible? It will be very helpful. Thank you in advance!

[Abhi-0088]

@YuxinYao620 The build failed with a ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed error. Initially, the issue was caused by the GLM library, which wasn't correctly included. This was resolved by explicitly specifying the correct include path for GLM in setup.py:
extra_compile_args={"nvcc": ["-I" + os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "third_party/glm/")]}

However, a new build failure occurred due to missing or uninitialized Git submodules.
The repository now uses Git submodules (e.g., for GLM or other dependencies), but they were not initialized after cloning.

Solution

       # Option 1: Fresh Clone with submodules
       git clone --recursive https://github.com/graphdeco-inria/diff-gaussian-rasterization.git

       # Option 2: If you've already cloned the repo
       git submodule update --init --recursive

✅ After Submodules are Initialized
You can now successfully build the package:

  pip install -e .

Please mark as solve if this helps you

[raining258]

@YuxinYao620 The build failed with a ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed error. Initially, the issue was caused by the GLM library, which wasn't correctly included. This was resolved by explicitly specifying the correct include path for GLM in setup.py: extra_compile_args={"nvcc": ["-I" + os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "third_party/glm/")]}

However, a new build failure occurred due to missing or uninitialized Git submodules. The repository now uses Git submodules (e.g., for GLM or other dependencies), but they were not initialized after cloning.

Solution

       # Option 1: Fresh Clone with submodules
       git clone --recursive https://github.com/graphdeco-inria/diff-gaussian-rasterization.git

       # Option 2: If you've already cloned the repo
       git submodule update --init --recursive

✅ After Submodules are Initialized You can now successfully build the package:

  pip install -e .

Please mark as solve if this helps you

thhere are still the following errors

RuntimeError: Error compiling objects for extension
[end of output]
note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.

[Abhi-0088]

@raining258 If you have correctly executed the above step that I mentioned then is the above problem you are facing different from the one I provided solution?
check the below commands are running or not

nvcc --version
nvidia-smi ( be sure that the cuda version matches or near (or lower) than the pytorch cuda version)

Ensure you have visual studio build tools 2019(with default c++ development tools installed) and above along with proper environment variable setup in your system as it is necessary for compilation. You can run the below command in the admin PowerShell terminal to check this setup is done correctly or not

cl

if the above still does not solve's your problem, provide the complete error message so that I can help you further.