Error building on windows 11 (maybe docs is out of date?)

[stormsc1]

Environment

• Python 3.9 (tried with 3.6, 3.11, and 3.12)
• Bazel though Bazelisk
• BAZEL_VS=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools
• BAZEL_VC=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\VC
• BAZEL_VC_FULL_VERSION=14.29.30133
• BAZEL_WINSDK_FULL_VERSION=10.0.19041.0

C:\Users\wow\mediapipe>bazel build -c opt --define MEDIAPIPE_DISABLE_GPU=1 --action_env PYTHON_BIN_PATH="C:/Users/wow/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python39/python.exe" mediapipe/examples/desktop/hello_world
INFO: Repository python_version_repo instantiated at:
  C:/users/wow/mediapipe/WORKSPACE:324:25: in <toplevel>
  C:/users/wow/_bazel_cawthorne/x4bdikh4/external/org_tensorflow/third_party/xla/third_party/py/python_init_repositories.bzl:13:22: in python_init_repositories
Repository rule python_repository defined at:
  C:/users/wow/_bazel_cawthorne/x4bdikh4/external/org_tensorflow/third_party/py/python_repo.bzl:151:36: in <toplevel>
ERROR: An error occurred during the fetch of repository 'python_version_repo':
   Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "C:/users/wow/_bazel_cawthorne/x4bdikh4/external/org_tensorflow/third_party/py/python_repo.bzl", line 12, column 34, in _python_repository_impl
                version = _get_python_version(ctx)
        File "C:/users/wow/_bazel_cawthorne/x4bdikh4/external/org_tensorflow/third_party/py/python_repo.bzl", line 87, column 21, in _get_python_version
                fail("""
Error in fail:
Cannot match hermetic Python version to system Python version.
System Python was not found.
ERROR: C:/users/wow/mediapipe/WORKSPACE:324:25: fetching python_repository rule //external:python_version_repo: Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "C:/users/wow/_bazel_cawthorne/x4bdikh4/external/org_tensorflow/third_party/py/python_repo.bzl", line 12, column 34, in _python_repository_impl
                version = _get_python_version(ctx)
        File "C:/users/wow/_bazel_cawthorne/x4bdikh4/external/org_tensorflow/third_party/py/python_repo.bzl", line 87, column 21, in _get_python_version
                fail("""
Error in fail:
Cannot match hermetic Python version to system Python version.
System Python was not found.
ERROR: Error computing the main repository mapping: no such package '@python_version_repo//':
Cannot match hermetic Python version to system Python version.
System Python was not found.
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I am aware windows builds are not the norm. I would just build on Linux, if it wasnt because i needed the windows binaries for Unreal Engine project.

[willyweichen]

Same problem:

Python 3.10.14
BAZEL_VS=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community
BAZEL_VC=C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC
BAZEL_VC_FULL_VERSION=14.42.34433
BAZEL_WINSDK_FULL_VERSION=10.0.22621.3233

C:\Mediapipe\mediapipe-master>bazel build -c opt --define MWDIAPIPE_DISABLE_GPU=0 PYTHON_BIN_PATH="C:\Users\YAO\anaconda3\envs\hamer\python.exe" mediapipe/examples/desktop/hello_world
Starting local Bazel server and connecting to it...
INFO: Repository python_version_repo instantiated at:
C:/mediapipe/mediapipe-master/WORKSPACE:324:25: in
C:/users/yao/_bazel_yao/oieertoi/external/org_tensorflow/third_party/xla/third_party/py/python_init_repositories.bzl:13:22: in python_init_repositories
Repository rule python_repository defined at:
C:/users/yao/_bazel_yao/oieertoi/external/org_tensorflow/third_party/py/python_repo.bzl:151:36: in
ERROR: C:/users/yao/_bazel_yao/oieertoi/external/org_tensorflow/third_party/py/python_repo.bzl:87:21: An error occurred during the fetch of repository 'python_version_repo':
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/users/yao/_bazel_yao/oieertoi/external/org_tensorflow/third_party/py/python_repo.bzl", line 12, column 34, in _python_repository_impl
version = _get_python_version(ctx)
File "C:/users/yao/_bazel_yao/oieertoi/external/org_tensorflow/third_party/py/python_repo.bzl", line 87, column 21, in _get_python_version
fail("""
Error in fail:
Cannot match hermetic Python version to system Python version.
System Python was not found.
ERROR: Error computing the main repository mapping: no such package '@@python_version_repo//':
Cannot match hermetic Python version to system Python version.
System Python was not found.
Computing main repo mapping:

[stormsc1]

Just tried building the v0.10.18 release. Same error.

[stormsc1]

I tried building a bunch of versions from releases.

The issue does not appear to be present in v0.10.2, v0.10.10, v0.10.14 v0.10.15 (second latest release). So it must be something in v0.10.18.

@willyweichen If you don't care for the updates in v0.10.18, then v0.10.15 seems to be an option.