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How to fix Python pyarrow pip install error: Could NOT find Arrow (missing: Arrow_DIR)

Problem:

When trying to install pyarrow such as using

example.sh
pip install pyarrow

you see an error log like

example.txt
      -- Found Python3Alt: /home/uli/.pypy3-virtualenv/bin/pypy3
      CMake Warning (dev) at /usr/share/cmake-3.18/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:273 (message):
        The package name passed to `find_package_handle_standard_args` (PkgConfig)
        does not match the name of the calling package (Arrow).  This can lead to
        problems in calling code that expects `find_package` result variables
        (e.g., `_FOUND`) to follow a certain pattern.
      Call Stack (most recent call first):
        /usr/share/cmake-3.18/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake:59 (find_package_handle_standard_args)
        cmake_modules/FindArrow.cmake:39 (include)
        cmake_modules/FindArrowPython.cmake:46 (find_package)
        CMakeLists.txt:229 (find_package)
      This warning is for project developers.  Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.
      
      -- Found PkgConfig: /usr/bin/pkg-config (found version "0.29.2")
      -- Could NOT find Arrow (missing: Arrow_DIR)
      -- Checking for module 'arrow'
      --   No package 'arrow' found
      CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-3.18/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:165 (message):
        Could NOT find Arrow (missing: ARROW_INCLUDE_DIR ARROW_LIB_DIR
        ARROW_FULL_SO_VERSION ARROW_SO_VERSION)
      Call Stack (most recent call first):
        /usr/share/cmake-3.18/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake:458 (_FPHSA_FAILURE_MESSAGE)
        cmake_modules/FindArrow.cmake:450 (find_package_handle_standard_args)
        cmake_modules/FindArrowPython.cmake:46 (find_package)
        CMakeLists.txt:229 (find_package)
      
      
      -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
      See also "/tmp/pip-install-409dctif/pyarrow_b70cde6894c3469483f7360493fc2e65/build/temp.linux-x86_64-pypy39/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
      error: command '/usr/bin/cmake' 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 pyarrow
Failed to build pyarrow
ERROR: Could not build wheels for pyarrow, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects

Solution

You need to install the arrow library in order to be able to compile pyarrow from source. On Ubuntu, this can be done using

example.txt
sudo apt install -y -V ca-certificates lsb-release wget
wget https://apache.jfrog.io/artifactory/arrow/$(lsb_release --id --short | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')/apache-arrow-apt-source-latest-$(lsb_release --codename --short).deb -O /tmp/apache-arrow.deb
sudo apt -y install /tmp/apache-arrow.deb
sudo apt -y update
sudo apt -y install libarrow-dev libarrow-python-dev

 

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