pip install face_recognition giving error

Question

RuntimeError:

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CMake must be installed to build the following extensions: dlib

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Failed building wheel for dlib Running setup.py clean for dlib

Answer 1

I ran into this issue as well. I am using windows and have a python environment that I am installing the requirements to.

I ran pip install cmake , and then pip install dlib. I no longer received the error and successfully installed dlib.