ERROR: No matching distribution found and ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement

Question

I'm trying to install the requirements of a GitHub clone in a virtual environment created by py -m virtualenv objectremoval command, but I always encounter the "Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement" Error. After cloning the repo, I performed the following lines;

D:\test1\Deep-Object-Removal>py -m virtualenv objectremoval
created virtual environment CPython3.10.2.final.0-64 in 1474ms
  creator CPython3Windows(dest=D:\test1\Deep-Object-Removal\objectremoval, clear=False, no_vcs_ignore=False, global=False)
  seeder FromAppData(download=False, pip=bundle, setuptools=bundle, wheel=bundle, via=copy, app_data_dir=C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\pypa\virtualenv)
    added seed packages: pip==22.1.2, setuptools==62.6.0, wheel==0.37.1
  activators BashActivator,BatchActivator,FishActivator,NushellActivator,PowerShellActivator,PythonActivator

D:\test1\Deep-Object-Removal>cd objectremoval\Scripts

D:\test1\Deep-Object-Removal\objectremoval\Scripts>activate

(objectremoval) D:\test1\Deep-Object-Removal\objectremoval\Scripts>cd ..

(objectremoval) D:\test1\Deep-Object-Removal\objectremoval>cd ..

(objectremoval) D:\test1\Deep-Object-Removal>pip install -r requirements.txt
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement opencv_python==3.3.0.10 (from versions: 3.4.0.14, 3.4.10.37, 3.4.11.39, 3.4.11.41, 3.4.11.43, 3.4.11.45, 3.4.13.47, 3.4.15.55, 3.4.16.57, 3.4.16.59, 3.4.17.61, 3.4.17.63, 3.4.18.65, 4.3.0.38, 4.4.0.40, 4.4.0.42, 4.4.0.44, 4.4.0.46, 4.5.1.48, 4.5.3.56, 4.5.4.58, 4.5.4.60, 4.5.5.62, 4.5.5.64, 4.6.0.66)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for opencv_python==3.3.0.10

(objectremoval) D:\test1\Deep-Object-Removal>pip install opencv_python==3.3.0.10
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement opencv_python==3.3.0.10 (from versions: 3.4.0.14, 3.4.10.37, 3.4.11.39, 3.4.11.41, 3.4.11.43, 3.4.11.45, 3.4.13.47, 3.4.15.55, 3.4.16.57, 3.4.16.59, 3.4.17.61, 3.4.17.63, 3.4.18.65, 4.3.0.38, 4.4.0.40, 4.4.0.42, 4.4.0.44, 4.4.0.46, 4.5.1.48, 4.5.3.56, 4.5.4.58, 4.5.4.60, 4.5.5.62, 4.5.5.64, 4.6.0.66)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for opencv_python==3.3.0.10

(objectremoval) D:\test1\Deep-Object-Removal>pip3 install opencv_python==3.3.0.10
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement opencv_python==3.3.0.10 (from versions: 3.4.0.14, 3.4.10.37, 3.4.11.39, 3.4.11.41, 3.4.11.43, 3.4.11.45, 3.4.13.47, 3.4.15.55, 3.4.16.57, 3.4.16.59, 3.4.17.61, 3.4.17.63, 3.4.18.65, 4.3.0.38, 4.4.0.40, 4.4.0.42, 4.4.0.44, 4.4.0.46, 4.5.1.48, 4.5.3.56, 4.5.4.58, 4.5.4.60, 4.5.5.62, 4.5.5.64, 4.6.0.66)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for opencv_python==3.3.0.10

(objectremoval) D:\test1\Deep-Object-Removal>py -m pip install -r requirements.txt
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement opencv_python==3.3.0.10 (from versions: 3.4.0.14, 3.4.10.37, 3.4.11.39, 3.4.11.41, 3.4.11.43, 3.4.11.45, 3.4.13.47, 3.4.15.55, 3.4.16.57, 3.4.16.59, 3.4.17.61, 3.4.17.63, 3.4.18.65, 4.3.0.38, 4.4.0.40, 4.4.0.42, 4.4.0.44, 4.4.0.46, 4.5.1.48, 4.5.3.56, 4.5.4.58, 4.5.4.60, 4.5.5.62, 4.5.5.64, 4.6.0.66)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for opencv_python==3.3.0.10

(objectremoval) D:\test1\Deep-Object-Removal>pip install tensorflow==1.10.1
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement tensorflow==1.10.1 (from versions: 2.8.0rc1, 2.8.0, 2.8.1, 2.8.2, 2.9.0rc0, 2.9.0rc1, 2.9.0rc2, 2.9.0, 2.9.1)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for tensorflow==1.10.1

(objectremoval) D:\test1\Deep-Object-Removal>pip install numpy==1.13.3

The Error was too long for numpy, you can find it with this hyperlink: https://justpaste.it/7vxkv

Also, checking the local packages shows me all installed packages in the global environment. I think this is a relevant problem too.

(objectremoval) D:\test1\Deep-Object-Removal>pip list --local
Package                      Version
---------------------------- -------------------
absl-py                      1.0.0
argon2-cffi                  21.3.0
argon2-cffi-bindings         21.2.0
asttokens                    2.0.5
astunparse                   1.6.3
attrs                        21.4.0
backcall                     0.2.0
beautifulsoup4               4.11.1
black                        22.1.0
bleach                       5.0.0
cachetools                   5.0.0
certifi                      2021.10.8
cffi                         1.15.0
.
.
.
.

Also where python and where pip commands does not show the virtual environment paths if I execute them in the main virtual environment folder.

(objectremoval) D:\test1\Deep-Object-Removal>where python
C:\Program Files\Python310\python.exe
C:\Users\user\miniconda3\python.exe
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python.exe

(objectremoval) D:\test1\Deep-Object-Removal>where pip
C:\Program Files\Python310\Scripts\pip.exe
C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python310\Scripts\pip.exe
C:\Users\user\miniconda3\Scripts\pip.exe

However, it adds an extra path if I execute the where python and where pip commands in Scripts folder:

(objectremoval) D:\test1\Deep-Object-Removal\objectremoval\Scripts>where pip
D:\test1\Deep-Object-Removal\objectremoval\Scripts\pip.exe
C:\Program Files\Python310\Scripts\pip.exe
C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python310\Scripts\pip.exe
C:\Users\user\miniconda3\Scripts\pip.exe

(objectremoval) D:\test1\Deep-Object-Removal\objectremoval\Scripts>where python
D:\test1\Deep-Object-Removal\objectremoval\Scripts\python.exe
C:\Program Files\Python310\python.exe
C:\Users\user\miniconda3\python.exe
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python.exe

Neither trying to install the packages in the main folder nor in the Scripts folder gave me desired results.

My requirements.txt file includes only the following packages:

opencv_python==3.3.0.10
tensorflow==1.10.1
numpy==1.13.3

Also, I have tried to upgrade pip, setuptools, and wheel versions. I have also tried to create a virtual environment with conda by conda create -n <venvname> command, and tried several different python versions, but these were also not helpful. Can you please help me to solve the problem? Thank you for your valuable time.

Python: 3.10.2
OS: Windows10 x64 Pro

Kind regards,

Answer 1

The chosen package called Deep-Object-Removal seems to be very outdated (last commit 4years ago) and not maintained any longer, i would suggest to search for any currently supported alternative.

If you try to install this version of opencv_python in a clean python venv (with python3.10) you get an error:

pip install opencv_python==3.3.0.10
ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement opencv_python==3.3.0.10 (from versions: 3.4.0.14, 3.4.10.37, 3.4.11.39, 3.4.11.41, 3.4.11.43, 3.4.11.45, 3.4.13.47, 3.4.15.55, 3.4.16.57, 3.4.16.59, 3.4.17.61, 3.4.17.63, 3.4.18.65, 4.3.0.38, 4.4.0.40, 4.4.0.42, 4.4.0.44, 4.4.0.46, 4.5.1.48, 4.5.3.56, 4.5.4.58, 4.5.4.60, 4.5.5.62, 4.5.5.64, 4.6.0.66)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for opencv_python==3.3.0.10

If you have a look at the files at pypi for this version of opencv_python you notice that this version of the pkg. has been yanked.
Additional there is no pkg. for python3.10, the last support whl file seems to be for python3.6.
You can try to adapt the requirements.txt with a newer one of opencv_python or install python3.6 and download the specific version by hand and install the whl file,( but this may lead to new errors). But again i would recommend to use another, currently supported package instead of Deep-Object-Removal.