Installation of python-ldap

[Ali Zaila]

I am trying to install python -idap, the page was removed when using the link provided by the configuration https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#python-ldap. 

Do we have another method to use to install it. Should we configure it or we can move on and what's the consequences if this step skipped? 

[tbe...@gmail.com]

Hi,

python-ldap can be installed/compiled via pip: https://www.python-ldap.org/en/python-ldap-3.4.3/installing.html

From the qatrack+ documentation: "If you happen to be on a Windows system with Visual Studio installed, you should just be able to do pip install python-ldap and have the latest version of the pyldap package installed."

As far as I know python-ldap is only used for the Active Directory Backend. So if you do not plan to log into QATrack+ with your AD username you can skip the installation of python-ldap.

regards

Thomas

[Ali Zaila]

Hi Thomas, 

I just found another error while I am doing the above suggested method. The error as follows: 

C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp\1\pip-install-sfr8fqg7\python-ldap_ac2f1519de774352aca2df1b04cd047b\Modules\common.h(15): fatal error C1083: Cannot open include fil
e: 'lber.h': No such file or directory
      error: command 'C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\Community\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.36.32532\\bin\\HostX86\\x64\\cl.exe' failed with exit code 2
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for python-ldap
Failed to build python-ldap
ERROR: ERROR: Failed to build installable wheels for some pyproject.toml based projects (python-ldap)

[tbe...@gmail.com]

Hi,

it seems you are missing an installed OpenLDAP according to this thread:

https://github.com/python-ldap/python-ldap/issues/243#issuecomment-641954192

You might also need the rest of the dependencies to build a useful python-ldap version:

https://www.python-ldap.org/en/python-ldap-3.4.3/installing.html#build-prerequisites

Luckily somewhere in the thread someone mentioned that the Mr. Gohlke found a new home for his prebuild files. You might want to try those before you continue to build python ldap yourself:

https://github.com/cgohlke/python-ldap-build/releases

regards

Thomas