[Bug] windows installation failure, missing dll

[lidanwu]

Describe the bug
I am having a hard time to install tiledbsom python in windows 11. I tried both pip install from PyPI and built from source but stuck at same step that looks for tiledbsoma.dll file. I can install all the requirements under apis\python without issue.
Any advise is appreciated.

To Reproduce
python -m pip install tiledbsoma

or built from source
python -m pip install -v .\apis\python\

Versions (please complete the following information):

• TileDB-SOMA version: 1.15.2
• Language and language version: Python 3.10.11
• OS: Windows 11

Below is the C compiler I had installed.
-- cmake version 3.31.2
-- Selecting Windows SDK version 10.0.22621.0 to target Windows 10.0.22631.
-- The C compiler identification is MSVC 19.42.34435.0
-- The CXX compiler identification is MSVC 19.42.34435.0

Additional context
Error messages when install from PyPi

Building wheels for collected packages: tiledbsoma
Building wheel for tiledbsoma (pyproject.toml) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Building wheel for tiledbsoma (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [5 lines of output]
running bdist_wheel
Checking: C:\Users\project\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-jmy27fzm\tiledbsoma_569e0b12aa7d4332a37337bd0275f2f3\dist_links\dist\lib\tiledbsoma.dll exists: False
Checking: C:\Users\project\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-jmy27fzm\tiledbsoma_569e0b12aa7d4332a37337bd0275f2f3\dist_links\dist\bin\tiledbsoma.dll exists: False
Could not find module 'tiledbsoma.dll' (or one of its dependencies). Try using the full path with constructor syntax.
error: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified
[end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
ERROR: Failed building wheel for tiledbsoma

Error messages when build from source

Building wheels for collected packages: tiledbsoma
Running command Building wheel for tiledbsoma (pyproject.toml)
Not in the expected path relative to Git root: apis\python\version.py != apis/python/version.py
C:\Users\project\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-iu2sme0n\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py:330: InformationOnly: Normalizing '2025.01.07.dev1844129300' to '2025.1.7.dev1844129300'
self.metadata.version = self._normalize_version(self.metadata.version)
running bdist_wheel
Checking: G:\github_repos\TileDB-SOMA\apis\python\dist_links\dist\lib\tiledbsoma.dll exists: False
Checking: G:\github_repos\TileDB-SOMA\apis\python\dist_links\dist\bin\tiledbsoma.dll exists: False
Could not find module 'tiledbsoma.dll' (or one of its dependencies). Try using the full path with constructor syntax.
error: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Building wheel for tiledbsoma (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> See above for output.

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
full command: 'C:\Users\project\venvDB\envNames\py10_scimilarity\Scripts\python.exe' 'C:\Users\project\venvDB\envNames\py10_scimilarity\lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py' build_wheel 'C:\Users\project\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpmn8wr2ed'
cwd: G:\github_repos\TileDB-SOMA\apis\python
Building wheel for tiledbsoma (pyproject.toml) ... error
ERROR: Failed building wheel for tiledbsoma

[johnkerl]

@lidanwu thank you for your note!

Our Windows offering is not yet complete. Please see issue #2631 and #1962.