Install fails because uamqp wheel build fails

[waku1123]

I want to install azure-iot-hub in a virtual environment (pip install azure-iot-hub), but the build of uamqp wheel fails.
Is there something wrong with the installation method?

M2 Pro
MacOS 14.4.1
python 3.9.17

      uamqp/c_uamqp.c:90791:109: warning: passing 'const IO_INTERFACE_DESCRIPTION *' (aka 'const struct IO_INTERFACE_DESCRIPTION_TAG *') to parameter of type 'IO_INTERFACE_DESCRIPTION *' (aka 'struct IO_INTERFACE_DESCRIPTION_TAG *') discards qualifiers [-Wincompatible-pointer-types-discards-qualifiers]
        __pyx_t_2 = ((struct __pyx_vtabstruct_5uamqp_7c_uamqp_XIO *)__pyx_v_xio->__pyx_vtab)->create(__pyx_v_xio, __pyx_v_interface, ((PyObject *)__pyx_v_io_config), (&__pyx_v_io_config->_c_value)); if (unlikely(!__pyx_t_2)) __PYX_ERR(24, 39, __pyx_L1_error)
                                                                                                                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      uamqp/c_uamqp.c:111209:3: warning: unused label 'bad' [-Wunused-label]
        bad:
        ^~~~
      35 warnings and 1 error generated.
      error: command '/usr/bin/clang' failed with exit code 1
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for uamqp
Failed to build uamqp
ERROR: Could not build wheels for uamqp, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects

[birddevelper]

azure-iot-hub depends on azure-uamqp-python package which is deprecated and fails to build on certain systems including Mac ARM and Linux ARM on Python 3.12+.

As a stopgap, I developed an small alternative package azure-iot-hub-api that has basic functionalities to use in my own project until the azure-iot-hub receive necessary updates. I tired to keep it as similar as possible to azure-iot-hub.

Also, there exits another package azure-iot-sdk-python which I haven't used, maybe it helps.

[timozerrer]

How is there still no official solution? @cartertinney , is this SDK discontinued?

[sugawarayss]

it looks like this package is not maintained...

I took advantage of this package’s functionality by ignoring build errors. Because only some features were needed.

CFLAGS="-Wno-error=incompatible-function-pointer-types" pip install azure-iot-hub

[timozerrer]

Thank you @sugawarayss . Are you aware which features are affected?

[sugawarayss]

@timozerrer
I don’t know if this is correct, but I think it probably affects the part where C2D messages are sent. However, I was able to send C2D messages even if I ignored the build error on my device local.

[timozerrer]

This workaround does not seem to work on Python 3.12: Azure/azure-uamqp-python#386 (comment)
I can confirm build is still not running using Python 3.12 and M3

[sugawarayss]

fmmm...
i use Python 3.9.17 on M2 MacOS device...

[abhimanyusinghal]

Is there any official update on this issue. This is really big gap for anyone using Mac as a development machine. Python SDKs are supposed to be fully cross platform.
cc @cartertinney @microsoftopensource

[jeronimoagullo]

Hi! I am facing the same issue when using the az cli tools in Windows PC:

az iot hub monitor-events --hub-name {}

It tries to update uamqp but fails always:

Updating required dependency...
Failure updating uamqp. Aborting...
Collecting uamqp~=1.2
  Downloading uamqp-1.6.11.tar.gz (4.6 MB)
     ---------------------------------------- 4.6/4.6 MB 46.4 MB/s eta 0:00:00
  Installing build dependencies: started
  Installing build dependencies: finished with status 'done'
  Getting requirements to build wheel: started
  Getting requirements to build wheel: finished with status 'done'
ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\base_command.py", line 105, in _run_wrapper
    status = _inner_run()
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\base_command.py", line 96, in _inner_run
    return self.run(options, args)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\req_command.py", line 67, in wrapper
    return func(self, options, args)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\commands\install.py", line 379, in run
    requirement_set = resolver.resolve(
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\resolver.py", line 95, in resolve
    result = self._result = resolver.resolve(
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 546, in resolve
    state = resolution.resolve(requirements, max_rounds=max_rounds)
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 397, in resolve
    self._add_to_criteria(self.state.criteria, r, parent=None)
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 173, in _add_to_criteria
    if not criterion.candidates:
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\structs.py", line 156, in __bool__
    return bool(self._sequence)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found_candidates.py", line 174, in __bool__
    return any(self)
           ^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found_candidates.py", line 162, in <genexpr>
    return (c for c in iterator if id(c) not in self._incompatible_ids)
                       ^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found_candidates.py", line 53, in _iter_built
    candidate = func()
                ^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\factory.py", line 187, in _make_candidate_from_link
    base: Optional[BaseCandidate] = self._make_base_candidate_from_link(
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\factory.py", line 233, in _make_base_candidate_from_link
    self._link_candidate_cache[link] = LinkCandidate(
                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 304, in __init__
    super().__init__(
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 159, in __init__
    self.dist = self._prepare()
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 236, in _prepare
    dist = self._prepare_distribution()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 315, in _prepare_distribution
    return preparer.prepare_linked_requirement(self._ireq, parallel_builds=True)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\operations\prepare.py", line 527, in prepare_linked_requirement
    return self._prepare_linked_requirement(req, parallel_builds)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\operations\prepare.py", line 642, in _prepare_linked_requirement
    dist = _get_prepared_distribution(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\operations\prepare.py", line 72, in _get_prepared_distribution
    abstract_dist.prepare_distribution_metadata(
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\distributions\sdist.py", line 56, in prepare_distribution_metadata
    self._install_build_reqs(finder)
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\distributions\sdist.py", line 126, in _install_build_reqs
    build_reqs = self._get_build_requires_wheel()
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\distributions\sdist.py", line 103, in _get_build_requires_wheel
    return backend.get_requires_for_build_wheel()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\utils\misc.py", line 701, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
    return super().get_requires_for_build_wheel(config_settings=cs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_impl.py", line 166, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
    return self._call_hook('get_requires_for_build_wheel', {
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_impl.py", line 321, in _call_hook
    raise BackendUnavailable(data.get('traceback', ''))
pip._vendor.pyproject_hooks._impl.BackendUnavailable: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Azure\CLI2\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 77, in _build_backend
    obj = import_module(mod_path)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "importlib\__init__.py", line 90, in import_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1310, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 999, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "C:\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-31mactz0\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 27, in <module>
    from .dist import Distribution
  File "C:\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-31mactz0\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 19, in <module>
    from . import (
  File "C:\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-31mactz0\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_entry_points.py", line 6, in <module>
    from jaraco.text import yield_lines
  File "C:\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-31mactz0\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_vendor\jaraco\text\__init__.py", line 12, in <module>
    from jaraco.context import ExceptionTrap
  File "C:\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-31mactz0\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_vendor\jaraco\context.py", line 11, in <module>
    import urllib.request
  File "urllib\request.py", line 88, in <module>
  File "http\client.py", line 71, in <module>
  File "email\parser.py", line 12, in <module>
  File "email\feedparser.py", line 27, in <module>
  File "email\_policybase.py", line 9, in <module>
  File "email\utils.py", line 29, in <module>
  File "socket.py", line 52, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_socket'