Cannot install Nuitka 4.0 with uv #3749
Description
🐛 Bug Description
The brand new release of Nuitka 4.0 cannot be installed with uv:
$ uv pip install "nuitka[onefile]==4.0"
× No solution found when resolving dependencies:
╰─▶ Because there is no version of nuitka[onefile]==4.0 and you require nuitka[onefile]==4.0, we can conclude that your requirements are unsatisfiable.
🖥️ Environment
1. Nuitka Version, Python Version, OS, and Platform
Python version:
$ uv run python
Python 3.14.3 (main, Feb 4 2026, 01:51:49) [Clang 21.1.4 ] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>
macOS Tahoe 26.2:
$ uname --all
Darwin 25.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 25.2.0: Tue Nov 18 21:09:40 PST 2025; root:xnu-12377.61.12~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000 arm64 Darwin
2. How Nuitka and Python were Installed
Python was installed by uv:
$ uv venv --python cpython-3.14.3-macos-aarch64-none
Using CPython 3.14.3
Creating virtual environment at: .venv
✔ A virtual environment already exists at `.venv`. Do you want to replace it? · yes
Activate with: source .venv/bin/activate
3. Relevant PyPI Packages and Versions
$ uv --version
uv 0.10.0 (Homebrew 2026-02-05)
🛠️ To Reproduce
$ brew install uv
$ mkdir ./test-venv
$ cd ./test-venv
$ uv venv --python 3.14
$ source .venv/bin/activate
$ uv pip install "nuitka[onefile]==4.0"
📉 Expected Behavior
The Nuitka 4.0 package that was just published on PyPI should be installed.
📄 Actual Behavior & Output
$ uv pip install "nuitka[onefile]==4.0"
× No solution found when resolving dependencies:
╰─▶ Because there is no version of nuitka[onefile]==4.0 and you require nuitka[onefile]==4.0, we can conclude that your requirements are unsatisfiable.
💡 Additional Context (Optional)
Looks like pip is capable of installing it:
$ python -m pip install --dry-run "Nuitka[onefile]==4.0"
Collecting Nuitka==4.0 (from Nuitka[onefile]==4.0)
Using cached nuitka-4.0.tar.gz (4.4 MB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Would install Nuitka-4.0
uv also skips 4.0 entirely but is capable of resolving to 2.8.10 and install it:
$ uv pip install "nuitka>=2.0"
Resolved 3 packages in 2ms
Installed 1 package in 20ms
+ nuitka==2.8.10
Workaround is to leverage pip via uv:
$ uv --no-progress run python -m pip install "Nuitka[onefile]==4.0.0"
Collecting Nuitka==4.0.0 (from Nuitka[onefile]==4.0.0)
Using cached nuitka-4.0.tar.gz (4.4 MB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Requirement already satisfied: zstandard>=0.15 in ./.venv/lib/python3.14/site-packages (from Nuitka[onefile]==4.0.0) (0.25.0)
Building wheels for collected packages: Nuitka
Building wheel for Nuitka (pyproject.toml) ... done
Created wheel for Nuitka: filename=nuitka-4.0-cp314-cp314-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl size=3585274 sha256=37abb47dd6d95aca53eb249b83c113694b90ec1d7ddeefebda45002cb44c2a65
Successfully built Nuitka
Installing collected packages: Nuitka
Attempting uninstall: Nuitka
Found existing installation: Nuitka 2.8.10
Uninstalling Nuitka-2.8.10:
Successfully uninstalled Nuitka-2.8.10
Successfully installed Nuitka-4.0