uv tool install openkb fails

[maubarsom]

When using uv to install openkb from pypi specifically (in osx) , I get an error saying that no binaries are being installed and it gets removed.

To verify , I tried to validate by creating a venv with uv and trying with uv pip install openkb, and indeed it seems some kind of metapackage is the only thing installed, no binary, and none of the deps.

Workaround However, when I install from git: uv tool install git+https://github.com/VectifyAI/OpenKB.git , installation succeeds and the binary works.

[KylinMountain]

Thanks @maubarsom — reproduced. Root cause: openkb pins pageindex==0.3.0.dev1, a pre-release, and uv skips pre-releases for transitive deps by default, so it backtracks down to the empty openkb 0.0.1 stub (your "metapackage"). Your git install works because it can't backtrack.

Workaround for now:
uv tool install openkb --prerelease=allow

Real fix on us: depend on a stable pageindex and yank the 0.0.1 placeholder. 🙏

[maubarsom]

Thanks for the workaround, I can confirm prerelease=allow works on my end as well.

Should I close the issue and you create one on your end for the real fix, or should I leave it open for tracking?

[KylinMountain]

@maubarsom Let's leave it open for visibility — others might run into the same issue before we ship the fix. Thanks for reporting and confirming the workaround!