Failure at building wheel for numpy in a virtualenv, apparently not python version related - Windows 10 - numpy

Question

I'm trying to install numpy on a Virtual Environment using pip, there is a failure when building wheel for it, however.
The problem is only present when trying to install it in the virtualenv, I can install and update it on my system just fine.
It is running on Windows 10, Python 3.10.5, pip 22.3.1.
Running from numpy source directory.
setup.py:67: DeprecationWarning:
`numpy.distutils` is deprecated since NumPy 1.23.0, as a result
of the deprecation of `distutils` itself. It will be removed for
Python >= 3.12. For older Python versions it will remain present.
It is recommended to use `setuptools < 60.0` for those Python versions.
For more details, see:
https://numpy.org/devdocs/reference/distutils_status_migration.html
import numpy.distutils.command.sdist
Processing numpy/random\_bounded_integers.pxd.in
Processing numpy/random\bit_generator.pyx
Processing numpy/random\mtrand.pyx
Processing numpy/random\_bounded_integers.pyx.in
Processing numpy/random\_common.pyx
Processing numpy/random\_generator.pyx
Processing numpy/random\_mt19937.pyx
Processing numpy/random\_pcg64.pyx
Processing numpy/random\_philox.pyx
Processing numpy/random\_sfc64.pyx
Cythonizing sources
INFO: blas_opt_info:
INFO: blas_armpl_info:
Looking for python310.dll
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\stable_diffusion\diffusers_venv\lib\python3.10\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pep517\in_process\_in_process.py", line 363, in <module>
main()
File "C:\stable_diffusion\diffusers_venv\lib\python3.10\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pep517\in_process\_in_process.py", line 345, in main
json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
File "C:\stable_diffusion\diffusers_venv\lib\python3.10\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pep517\in_process\_in_process.py", line 261, in build_wheel
return _build_backend().build_wheel(wheel_directory, config_settings,
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-amr3d935\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 230, in build_wheel
return self._build_with_temp_dir(['bdist_wheel'], '.whl',
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-amr3d935\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 215, in _build_with_temp_dir
self.run_setup()
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-amr3d935\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 267, in run_setup
super(_BuildMetaLegacyBackend,
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-amr3d935\overlay\lib\python3.10\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 158, in run_setup
exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'), locals())
File "setup.py", line 479, in <module>
setup_package()
File "setup.py", line 471, in setup_package
setup(**metadata)
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\core.py", line 135, in setup
config = configuration()
File "setup.py", line 118, in configuration
config.add_subpackage('numpy')
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\misc_util.py", line 1050, in add_subpackage
config_list = self.get_subpackage(subpackage_name, subpackage_path,
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\misc_util.py", line 1016, in get_subpackage
config = self._get_configuration_from_setup_py(
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\misc_util.py", line 958, in _get_configuration_from_setup_py
config = setup_module.configuration(*args)
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\setup.py", line 9, in configuration
config.add_subpackage('core')
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\misc_util.py", line 1050, in add_subpackage
config_list = self.get_subpackage(subpackage_name, subpackage_path,
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\misc_util.py", line 1016, in get_subpackage
config = self._get_configuration_from_setup_py(
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\misc_util.py", line 958, in _get_configuration_from_setup_py
config = setup_module.configuration(*args)
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\core\setup.py", line 853, in configuration
blas_info = get_info('blas_opt', 0)
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\system_info.py", line 585, in get_info
return cl().get_info(notfound_action)
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\system_info.py", line 845, in get_info
self.calc_info()
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\system_info.py", line 2077, in calc_info
if self._calc_info(blas):
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\system_info.py", line 2063, in _calc_info
return getattr(self, '_calc_info_{}'.format(name))()
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\system_info.py", line 1979, in _calc_info_armpl
info = get_info('blas_armpl')
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\system_info.py", line 585, in get_info
return cl().get_info(notfound_action)
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\system_info.py", line 845, in get_info
self.calc_info()
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\system_info.py", line 1337, in calc_info
info = self.check_libs2(lib_dirs, armpl_libs)
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\system_info.py", line 1001, in check_libs2
exts = self.library_extensions()
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\system_info.py", line 960, in library_extensions
c = customized_ccompiler()
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\system_info.py", line 216, in customized_ccompiler
global_compiler = _customized_ccompiler()
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\__init__.py", line 62, in customized_ccompiler
c = ccompiler.new_compiler(plat=plat, compiler=compiler, verbose=verbose)
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\ccompiler.py", line 780, in new_compiler
compiler = klass(None, dry_run, force)
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\mingw32ccompiler.py", line 64, in __init__
build_import_library()
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\mingw32ccompiler.py", line 348, in build_import_library
return _build_import_library_amd64()
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\mingw32ccompiler.py", line 397, in _build_import_library_amd64
dll_file = find_python_dll()
File "C:\Users\Vitor\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-1sr3obr4\numpy_fa19a5e39e9448e7b6553e0f5a275159\numpy\distutils\mingw32ccompiler.py", line 219, in find_python_dll
raise ValueError("%s not found in %s" % (dllname, lib_dirs))
ValueError: python310.dll not found in ['C:\\stable_diffusion\\diffusers_venv\\', 'C:\\stable_diffusion\\diffusers_venv\\lib', 'C:\\stable_diffusion\\diffusers_venv\\bin', 'C:\\Program Files\\Inkscape\\', 'C:\\Program Files\\Inkscape\\lib', 'C:\\Program Files\\Inkscape\\bin', 'C:\\WINDOWS\\System32']
[end of output]
note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
ERROR: Failed building wheel for numpy
Failed to build numpy
ERROR: Could not build wheels for numpy, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects
As I faced a similar problem before, my instinct was to update pip, change the running python version or try an older, specific, version of numpy, but nothing seems to work and the problem persist.