[Resolved] from setuptools_rust import RustExtension ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'setuptools_rust'

 

Issue:- 

Issue with the cryptography package and Rust during the Ansible Installation on the Centos.

Error:- 

  Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/3d/5f/addb8b91fd356792d28e59a8275fec833323cb28604fb3a497c35d7cf0a3/cryptography-37.0.1.tar.gz (585kB) 100% |████████████████████████████████| 593kB 2.0MB/s Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info: =============================DEBUG ASSISTANCE========================== If you are seeing an error here please try the following to successfully install cryptography: Upgrade to the latest pip and try again. This will fix errors for most users. See: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/#upgrading-pip =============================DEBUG ASSISTANCE========================== Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in <module> File "/tmp/pip-build-nfv80r3s/cryptography/setup.py", line 14, in <module> from setuptools_rust import RustExtension ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'setuptools_rust'

Effect:-

Ansible Installation failed while using pip with the above error.

Resolution:-

 #pip install --upgrade pip 

Explanation:-

Basically the issue is coming due to the outdated version of the pip being used for the Ansible installation due to which the above error occurs.

Try upgrading the pip first and than try to install the Ansible again using the pip and it should succeed.