PIP install decode in a Python 3.8.7 venv - netcdf4-1.7.1 results in subprocess-exited-with-error (ValueError: did not find HDF5 headers)

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• Software versions:
  • decode 2.13.0
• Environmental information:
  • Windows 11
  • Python 3.8.7 (venv)
  • pip 24.0 (venv)
  • pip-tools 7.4.1 (venv)
  • setuptools 49.2.1 (venv)
• Description of the issue:
  1. Use Python 3.8.7 to create a fresh Python 3.8.7 venv (virtual environment).
  2. Activate the venv.
  3. Upgrade pip (venv):

  (venv) $ python -m pip install --upgrade pip

  4. Install pip-tools (venv):

  (venv) $ pip install pip-tools

  5. Install decode (venv):

  (venv) $ pip install decode

  6. Tries to install build dependencies using netcdf4-1.7.1.tar.gz but exits with errors:
     • "error: subprocess-exited-with-error"
     • "ValueError: did not find HDF5 headers"
  7. See: pip-install-decode-error.txt for the complete output log.

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Apologies. I did not notice that decode only supports Python >= 3.9. However, PIP is using cached decode-1.0.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata and version 1.0.0 does support Python 3.8.

This was all working until a few days ago. I notice that netCDF4 had two new releases this month - 1.7.0 and 1.7.1. It would seem to tie in with those recent updates.

Can you see a way around this other than upgrading to Python >= 3.9?