Issues with installing wrf-python on Red Hat Enterprise

[Avogt]

Good Morning,
I am attempting to install wrf-python on the Red Hat Enterprise platform. I initially attempted to install wrf-python using the "pip install ." method but obtained the following error:


I double checked the python requirements and it appears that they are all met based on the documentation associated to wrf-python. I then attempted to use the build scripts method and got the same error as seen here (2 screenshots):

1/2:


2/2:


Are there any suggestions as to how to solve this? I have search various other support forums with not success.

Any ideas or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

**Please note: Conda is not a sufficient resolution unfortunately.


Thank you so much in advance.

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[William.Hatheway]

Good afternoon,

So WRF python is tricky to install using pip because there are specific packages that need to be installed with specific version numbers. I usually install WRF-Python using a conda environment where I can freeze the packages and designate specific version numbers for each package.

Here's the list that I use @Avogt

name: wrf-python
channels:
  - conda-forge
  - defaults
dependencies:
  # Critical Packages with Frozen Versions
  - python=3.11.5
  - wrf-python=1.3.4.1
  - cartopy=0.23.0
  - shapely=1.8.5
  - netcdf4=1.6.3
  - hdf5=1.12.2

  # Essential Third-Party Libraries
  - numpy=1.24.2
  - scipy=1.11.2
  - matplotlib=3.6.3
  - pandas=1.5.3
  - xarray=2023.3.0
  - metpy=1.5.1
  - geopandas=0.14.0
  - fiona=1.9.5
  - bokeh=3.2.2
  - pillow=9.4.0
  - requests=2.28.2

  # Additional Useful Packages
  - pip  # Ensure pip is installed to handle any Pip-only packages

  # Pip Dependencies (if any)
  - pip:
      - attrs==23.1.0
      - click-plugins==1.1.1
      - cligj==0.7.2
      - fiona==1.9.5
      - geopandas==0.14.0
      - numpy==1.24.2
      - pandas==1.5.3
      - pip==23.0.1
      - platformdirs==3.2.0
      - requests==2.28.2
      - setuptools==67.7.2
      - urllib3==1.26.17
      - wget==3.2
      - xarray==2023.3.0