ERROR Could not build wheels for line-profiler which use PEP 517 and cannot be installed directly

Question

Hi Team,

I am trying to install the line profiler module with the pip command. But it is showing me the below error.

$ pip install line-profiler
Failed to build line-profiler
ERROR: Could not build wheels for line-profiler which use PEP 517 and cannot be installed directly

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

If you are trying to install with pip command, then you should have a visual studio in your system. Otherwise, it will give the above error. You can also install the line profiler module with Anaconda using the below command.

$ conda install line_profiler