[GH-ISSUE #825] Problem with installing soccerdata package #175

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opened 2026-03-02 15:56:25 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-02 15:56:25 +03:00

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Originally created by @MieszkoPugowski on GitHub (Apr 22, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/issues/825

Describe the bug
When using 'pip install soccerdata', I am meet with 'ERROR: Failed building wheel for lxml'.

Error message

![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3cbe4236-a9d3-4330-b8b8-21f672a4665b)

![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b2ae9b00-0633-43a9-a107-8bb110e43ead)

Additional context
I think the issue may be that the package forces lxml version 4.9.4, even though I have the newest version. I don't know how to change that, changing requirements.txt didn't help.

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I can fix this issue and will submit a pull request.
I’m unsure how to fix this, but I'm willing to work on it with guidance.
I’m not able to fix this issue.

Originally created by @MieszkoPugowski on GitHub (Apr 22, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/issues/825 **Describe the bug** When using 'pip install soccerdata', I am meet with 'ERROR: Failed building wheel for lxml'. **Error message** ``` ![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3cbe4236-a9d3-4330-b8b8-21f672a4665b) ![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b2ae9b00-0633-43a9-a107-8bb110e43ead) ``` **Additional context** I think the issue may be that the package forces lxml version 4.9.4, even though I have the newest version. I don't know how to change that, changing requirements.txt didn't help. **Contributor Action Plan** - [ ] I can fix this issue and will submit a pull request. - [x] I’m unsure how to fix this, but I'm willing to work on it with guidance. - [ ] I’m not able to fix this issue.

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2026-03-02 15:56:25 +03:00

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kerem commented

2026-03-02 15:56:26 +03:00

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@ahumadao commented on GitHub (May 5, 2025):

Hello I installed previous version of python (3.11.4) and now works fine.

@ahumadao commented on GitHub (May 5, 2025): Hello I installed previous version of python (3.11.4) and now works fine.

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2026-03-02 15:56:26 +03:00

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@ndungumukiri commented on GitHub (Aug 19, 2025):

Hello I installed previous version of python (3.11.4) and now works fine.

yes this works. thank you

@ndungumukiri commented on GitHub (Aug 19, 2025): > Hello I installed previous version of python (3.11.4) and now works fine. yes this works. thank you

kerem referenced this issue

2026-03-02 15:57:28 +03:00

[PR #175] [MERGED] Update dependency virtualenv to v20.21.0 #333