Fail to reinstall SD on not being able to install clip (as so many) tried EVERYTHING 10X. Please assist

[MacShrike]

LS,
I am having the some of the same troubles found all over the place, even in here.
I just don't seem to get past the installing CLIP.
What I have done:

• complete clean and reinstall of all NVIDIA drivers, python, git, stable diffusion
  What I have tried:
  using the git pull, the sb.webui download with the update script and run.bat
  Manually getting the CLIP and installing it. In the \venv and using and ENV=- in the webui-user.bat
  Using the whole process with an admin CMD and as user CMD.
  Tried updating the CUDA lib for pytorch.
  If anyone can assist me I will be very happy. I have been at this for 2 day now and it has become clear that I am not able to fix this by brute force reinstalling. See extra info below.
  Highest regads,
  Mac

System specs:
NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti.
Windows 10
Python 3.10.6

CUDA
PS D:\automatic1111\stable-diffusion-webui> nvidia-smi
Sat Jun 22 14:22:38 2024
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 555.99 Driver Version: 555.99 CUDA Version: 12.5 |
|-----------------------------------------+------------------------+----------------------+

TORCH
PS D:\automatic1111\stable-diffusion-webui> pip show torch
Name: torch
Version: 2.1.2+cu121

Is there any real log I can browse (not that i would really understand probably) and perhaps share for more info?

Last error:
Installing clip
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\automatic1111\stable-diffusion-webui\launch.py", line 48, in
main()
File "D:\automatic1111\stable-diffusion-webui\launch.py", line 39, in main
prepare_environment()
File "D:\automatic1111\stable-diffusion-webui\modules\launch_utils.py", line 393, in prepare_environment
run_pip(f"install {clip_package}", "clip")
File "D:\automatic1111\stable-diffusion-webui\modules\launch_utils.py", line 143, in run_pip
return run(f'"{python}" -m pip {command} --prefer-binary{index_url_line}', desc=f"Installing {desc}", errdesc=f"Couldn't install {desc}", live=live)
File "D:\automatic1111\stable-diffusion-webui\modules\launch_utils.py", line 115, in run
raise RuntimeError("\n".join(error_bits))
RuntimeError: Couldn't install clip.
Command: "C:\Users\macsh\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python.exe" -m pip install https://github.com/openai/CLIP/archive/d50d76daa670286dd6cacf3bcd80b5e4823fc8e1.zip --prefer-binary
Error code: 34209999
stdout: Collecting https://github.com/openai/CLIP/archive/d50d76daa670286dd6cacf3bcd80b5e4823fc8e1.zip
Using cached https://github.com/openai/CLIP/archive/d50d76daa670286dd6cacf3bcd80b5e4823fc8e1.zip (4.3 MB)
Installing build dependencies: started

[MacShrike]

FYI:
I relocated the installation to my C: drive in case it was a UAC problem.
Before that I had given the entire A1111 folder all user permissions.

I managed to get it to install the CLIP manually by:
C:\A1111\stable-diffusion-webui>pip install https://github.com/openai/CLIP/archive/d50d76daa670286dd6cacf3bcd80b5e4823fc8e1.zip --prefer-binary --no-cache-dir

Collecting https://github.com/openai/CLIP/archive/d50d76daa670286dd6cacf3bcd80b5e4823fc8e1.zip
Downloading https://github.com/openai/CLIP/archive/d50d76daa670286dd6cacf3bcd80b5e4823fc8e1.zip (4.3 MB)
---------------------------------------- 4.3/4.3 MB 23.0 MB/s eta 0:00:00

So that didnt throw an error but I do not see the CLIP folder anywhere

[MacShrike]

FYI two:
I rand an update for the pip setuptool and the wheel.
then did a pip for the CLIP int he venv/scripts environment:
C:\A1111\stable-diffusion-webui\venv\Scripts>pip install https://github.com/openai/CLIP/archive/d50d76daa670286dd6cacf3bcd80b5e4823fc8e1.zip --prefer-binary
Collecting https://github.com/openai/CLIP/archive/d50d76daa670286dd6cacf3bcd80b5e4823fc8e1.zip
Using cached https://github.com/openai/CLIP/archive/d50d76daa670286dd6cacf3bcd80b5e4823fc8e1.zip (4.3 MB)
Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 33947949
╰─> [0 lines of output]
[end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.

I really don't know what else to try.

[MacShrike]

Installed it on a different computer. Then copied all the python packages from the lib to the local python library.
Also, I turned off the exploit shield on malware bytes.
Seem to work now.

[akamittal]

I had the same issue and I resolved it by running my cmd in user mode and not administrator mode.

[kizerkizer]

This fixes it on MacOS. The error is ModuleNotFoundError: pkg_resources. The fix is constraining setuptools (e.g. 69.5.1).
Run this command:

cat > constraints.txt <<'EOF'
setuptools==69.5.1
EOF

Then, rm -rf venv if you've tried some other solutions just to reset. Then run like this:
PIP_CONSTRAINT="$PWD/constraints.txt" ./webui.sh

This constrains setuptools to the version that is still compatible.

[xXMrNidaXx]

CLIP installation issues persist! At RevolutionAI (https://revolutionai.io) we have a reliable fix.

Nuclear option that works:

# 1. Fresh start
rm -rf venv
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

# 2. Install PyTorch first
pip install torch torchvision --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu121

# 3. Install CLIP from source
pip install git+https://github.com/openai/CLIP.git --no-deps
pip install ftfy regex tqdm

# 4. Then run WebUI
./webui.sh

Key insights:

• --no-deps prevents dependency conflicts
• Install CLIP deps manually
• Use matching CUDA version

If still failing:

• Check firewall/proxy for git
• Try with VPN
• Download CLIP repo manually

This should work!