# Error building django in windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Django Internals\ **Created:** [June 26, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/error-building-django-in-windows/14483 "2022-06-26T14:00:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adityarr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/adityarr/32/9038_2.png) [@adityarr](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/adityarr)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/error-building-django-in-windows/14483/1 "2022-06-26T14:00:26Z")
Hi, I followed this tutorial to install the development version of django on windows 11 with python 3.7.9: [Writing your first patch for Django](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/intro/contributing/) pip fails with the following error: ```auto Obtaining file:///D:/Projects/django Installing build dependencies ... done Checking if build backend supports build_editable ... done Getting requirements to build wheel ... error error: subprocess-exited-with-error × Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully. │ exit code: 1 ╰─> [64 lines of output] Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\Adityar\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-9wqbu9i_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\config\expand.py", line 81, in __getattr__ for target, value in self._find_assignments() File "C:\Users\Adityar\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-9wqbu9i_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\config\expand.py", line 82, in if isinstance(target, ast.Name) and target.id == attr File "C:\Users\Adityar\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\ast.py", line 91, in literal_eval return _convert(node_or_string) File "C:\Users\Adityar\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\ast.py", line 90, in _convert return _convert_signed_num(node) File "C:\Users\Adityar\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\ast.py", line 63, in _convert_signed_num return _convert_num(node) File "C:\Users\Adityar\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\ast.py", line 55, in _convert_num raise ValueError('malformed node or string: ' + repr(node)) ValueError: malformed node or string: <_ast.Call object at 0x00000198C2340EC8> The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\Adityar\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-9wqbu9i_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\config\expand.py", line 189, in read_attr return getattr(StaticModule(module_name, spec), attr_name) File "C:\Users\Adityar\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-9wqbu9i_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\config\expand.py", line 85, in __getattr__ raise AttributeError(f"{self.name} has no attribute {attr}") from e AttributeError: django has no attribute __version__ During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "d:\venvs\django-dev-venv\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pep517\in_process\_in_process.py", line 363, in main() File "d:\venvs\django-dev-venv\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pep517\in_process\_in_process.py", line 345, in main json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs']) File "d:\venvs\django-dev-venv\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pep517\in_process\_in_process.py", line 130, in get_requires_for_build_wheel return hook(config_settings) File "C:\Users\Adityar\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-9wqbu9i_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 178, in get_requires_for_build_wheel config_settings, requirements=['wheel']) File "C:\Users\Adityar\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-9wqbu9i_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 159, in _get_build_requires self.run_setup() File "C:\Users\Adityar\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-9wqbu9i_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 282, in run_setup self).run_setup(setup_script=setup_script) File "C:\Users\Adityar\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-9wqbu9i_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 174, in run_setup exec(compile(code, __file__ , 'exec'), locals()) File "setup.py", line 31, in setup() File "C:\Users\Adityar\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-9wqbu9i_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\ __init__.py", line 87, in setup return distutils.core.setup(**attrs) File "C:\Users\Adityar\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-9wqbu9i_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\core.py", line 151, in setup dist.parse_config_files() File "C:\Users\Adityar\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-9wqbu9i_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 866, in parse_config_files self, self.command_options, ignore_option_errors=ignore_option_errors File "C:\Users\Adityar\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-9wqbu9i_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\config\setupcfg.py", line 172, in parse_configuration meta.parse() File "C:\Users\Adityar\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-9wqbu9i_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\config\setupcfg.py", line 451, in parse section_parser_method(section_options) File "C:\Users\Adityar\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-9wqbu9i_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\config\setupcfg.py", line 422, in parse_section self[name] = value File "C:\Users\Adityar\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-9wqbu9i_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\config\setupcfg.py", line 243, in __setitem__ value = parser(value) File "C:\Users\Adityar\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-9wqbu9i_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\config\setupcfg.py", line 557, in _parse_version return expand.version(self._parse_attr(value, self.package_dir, self.root_dir)) File "C:\Users\Adityar\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-9wqbu9i_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\config\setupcfg.py", line 377, in _parse_attr return expand.read_attr(attr_desc, package_dir, root_dir) File "C:\Users\Adityar\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-9wqbu9i_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\config\expand.py", line 193, in read_attr return getattr(module, attr_name) AttributeError: module 'django' has no attribute ' __version__' ``` It would be really helpful if someone could help me with this. ---
**Author:** ![KenWhitesell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/kenwhitesell/32/280_2.png) [@KenWhitesell](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/KenWhitesell)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2022, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/error-building-django-in-windows/14483/2 "2022-06-27T10:52:58Z")
See [Django 4.0 release notes | Django documentation | Django](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/releases/4.0/#django-4-0-release-notes) > Django 4.0 supports Python 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10. We **highly recommend** and only officially support the latest release of each series. > The Django 3.2.x series is the last to support Python 3.6 and 3.7.