Error installing confluent-kafka package from source

Architecture and Design
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I downloaded the .tar.gz file from here:
confluent-kafka-1.7.0.tar.gz

When I run the install command, I get this error. What does it mean and how can I overcome it? This is on CentOS 7. My setuptools are latest-greatest. pip is version 3.

./setup.py

error in confluent-kafka setup command: ‘extras_require’ must be a dictionary whose values are strings or lists of strings containing valid project/version requirement specifiers.

Ideally I want to install confluent-kafka package on a server that’s offline, i.e. lacking online access, thus want to install via source code.

2

According to someone more experienced in this than I, instead of building from source you can download the appropriate wheel from: confluent-kafka · PyPI

I hope that helps,
Dave

3

The machine is off-line and the reason for the need to install the package off-line via source.