Error when installing because lap library (already have numpy and visual cpp build tools)

[ammarsufyan]

Collecting lap==0.4.0
Using cached lap-0.4.0.tar.gz (1.5 MB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [21 lines of output]
:4: DeprecationWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API. See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html
Partial import of lap during the build process.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 127, in get_numpy_status
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'numpy'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\github\yolov8_bytetrack_supervision.venv\lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 353, in
main()
File "c:\github\yolov8_bytetrack_supervision.venv\lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 335, in main
json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
File "c:\github\yolov8_bytetrack_supervision.venv\lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 149, in prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel
return hook(metadata_directory, config_settings)
File "C:\Users\ammar\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-y0aacoc6\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 366, in prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel
self.run_setup()
File "C:\Users\ammar\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-y0aacoc6\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 480, in run_setup
super(_BuildMetaLegacyBackend, self).run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
File "C:\Users\ammar\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-y0aacoc6\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 311, in run_setup
exec(code, locals())
File "", line 236, in
File "", line 220, in setup_package
ImportError: lap requires numpy, please "pip install numpy".
[end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.

[FB3969]

You can use "lapx", this package is a replacement for the "lap"

[YannLepoittevin]

I wasn't able to install the package with pip install either. Manual installation after cloning the repository worked out of the box.