"Getting requirements to build wheel" means.

 

 

When you use the command pip install in VSCode, it is trying to download and install a specific Python library or package. When you see the message "Getting requirements to build wheel", it means that pip is trying to gather all the necessary information and dependencies that are required to build a "wheel" package of the library you're trying to install.

A "wheel" is a pre-compiled package of a library, which makes the installation process faster and more efficient. It is a way for pip to distribute and install libraries without having to build them from source code every time.

So in simpler terms, when pip says "Getting requirements to build wheel", it means that it's trying to make a faster version of the library you're trying to install so that it can be more easily installed on your computer.

However, if there is an error in getting the requirements to build a wheel, then you may see the error message "Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully" .

In that case, you can try to install the library again or try to install it with another method such as conda install or python -m pip install. Also you can check the version of python you are using and the version of library you are trying to install, sometimes version incompatibility may cause this issue.

Please let me know if you have any other questions or if there's anything else I can help with.