fix(ux): better error report when no links found

src/poetry/installation/chooser.py

@@ -50,7 +50,16 @@ def choose_for(self, package: Package) -> Link:
         Return the url of the selected archive for a given package.
         """
         links = []
+
+        # these are used only for providing insightful errors to the user
+        unsupported_wheels = set()
+        links_seen = 0
+        wheels_skipped = 0
+        sdists_skipped = 0
+
         for link in self._get_links(package):
+            links_seen += 1
+
             if link.is_wheel:
                 if not self._no_binary_policy.allows(package.name):
                     logger.debug(
@@ -59,6 +68,7 @@ def choose_for(self, package: Package) -> Link:
                         link.filename,
                         package.name,
                     )
+                    wheels_skipped += 1
                     continue
 
                 if not Wheel(link.filename).is_supported_by_environment(self._env):
@@ -67,6 +77,7 @@ def choose_for(self, package: Package) -> Link:
                         " environment",
                         link.filename,
                     )
+                    unsupported_wheels.add(link.filename)
                     continue
 
             if link.ext in {".egg", ".exe", ".msi", ".rpm", ".srpm"}:
@@ -80,18 +91,89 @@ def choose_for(self, package: Package) -> Link:
                     link.filename,
                     package.name,
                 )
+                sdists_skipped += 1
                 continue
 
             links.append(link)
 
         if not links:
-            raise RuntimeError(f"Unable to find installation candidates for {package}")
+            raise self._no_links_found_error(
+                package, links_seen, wheels_skipped, sdists_skipped, unsupported_wheels
+            )
 
         # Get the best link
         chosen = max(links, key=lambda link: self._sort_key(package, link))
 
         return chosen
 
+    def _no_links_found_error(
+        self,
+        package: Package,
+        links_seen: int,
+        wheels_skipped: int,
+        sdists_skipped: int,
+        unsupported_wheels: set[str],
+    ) -> PoetryRuntimeError:
+        messages = []
+        info = (
+            f"This is likely not a Poetry issue.\n\n"
+            f"  - {links_seen} candidates were identified for the package\n"
+        )
+
+        if wheels_skipped > 0:
+            info += f"  - {wheels_skipped} wheels were skipped due to your <c1>installer.no-binary</> policy\n"
+
+        if sdists_skipped > 0:
+            info += f"  - {sdists_skipped} source distributions were skipped due to your <c1>installer.only-binary</> policy\n"
+
+        if unsupported_wheels:
+            info += (
+                f"  - {len(unsupported_wheels)} wheels were skipped as your project's environment does not support "
+                f"the identified abi tags\n"
+            )
+
+        messages.append(ConsoleMessage(info.strip()))
+
+        if unsupported_wheels:
+            messages += [
+                ConsoleMessage(
+                    "The following wheels were skipped as the current project environment does not support them "
+                    "due to abi compatibility issues.",
+                    debug=True,
+                ),
+                ConsoleMessage("\n".join(unsupported_wheels), debug=True)
+                .indent("  - ")
+                .wrap("warning"),
+                ConsoleMessage(
+                    "If you would like to see the supported tags in your project environment, you can execute "
+                    "the following command:\n\n"
+                    "    <c1>poetry debug tags</>",
+                    debug=True,
+                ),
+            ]
+
+        source_hint = ""
+        if package.source_type and package.source_reference:
+            source_hint += f" ({package.source_reference})"
+
+        messages.append(
+            ConsoleMessage(
+                f"Make sure the lockfile is up-to-date. You can try one of the following;\n\n"
+                f"    1. <b>Regenerate lockfile: </><fg=yellow>poetry lock --no-cache --regenerate</>\n"
+                f"    2. <b>Update package     : </><fg=yellow>poetry update --no-cache {package.name}</>\n\n"
+                f"If neither works, please first check to verify that the {package.name} has published wheels "
+                f"available from your configured source{source_hint} that are compatible with your environment"
+                f"- ie. operating system, architecture (x86_64, arm64 etc.), python interpreter."
+            )
+            .make_section("Solutions")
+            .wrap("info")
+        )
+
+        return PoetryRuntimeError(
+            reason=f"Unable to find installation candidates for {package}",
+            messages=messages,
+        )
+
     def _get_links(self, package: Package) -> list[Link]:
         if package.source_type:
             assert package.source_reference is not None

tests/installation/conftest.py

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+
+from packaging.tags import Tag
+
+from poetry.repositories.legacy_repository import LegacyRepository
+from poetry.repositories.pypi_repository import PyPiRepository
+from poetry.repositories.repository_pool import RepositoryPool
+from poetry.utils.env import MockEnv
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def env() -> MockEnv:
+    return MockEnv(
+        supported_tags=[
+            Tag("cp37", "cp37", "macosx_10_15_x86_64"),
+            Tag("py3", "none", "any"),
+        ]
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def pool(legacy_repository: LegacyRepository) -> RepositoryPool:
+    pool = RepositoryPool()
+
+    pool.add_repository(PyPiRepository(disable_cache=True))
+    pool.add_repository(
+        LegacyRepository("foo", "https://legacy.foo.bar/simple/", disable_cache=True)
+    )
+    pool.add_repository(
+        LegacyRepository("foo2", "https://legacy.foo2.bar/simple/", disable_cache=True)
+    )
+    return pool

tests/installation/test_chooser.py

@@ -11,12 +11,11 @@
 from poetry.console.exceptions import PoetryRuntimeError
 from poetry.installation.chooser import Chooser
 from poetry.repositories.legacy_repository import LegacyRepository
-from poetry.repositories.pypi_repository import PyPiRepository
-from poetry.repositories.repository_pool import RepositoryPool
 from poetry.utils.env import MockEnv
 
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from poetry.repositories.repository_pool import RepositoryPool
     from tests.conftest import Config
     from tests.types import DistributionHashGetter
     from tests.types import SpecializedLegacyRepositoryMocker
@@ -28,30 +27,6 @@
 LEGACY_FIXTURES = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "repositories" / "fixtures" / "legacy"
 
 
-@pytest.fixture()
-def env() -> MockEnv:
-    return MockEnv(
-        supported_tags=[
-            Tag("cp37", "cp37", "macosx_10_15_x86_64"),
-            Tag("py3", "none", "any"),
-        ]
-    )
-
-
-@pytest.fixture()
-def pool(legacy_repository: LegacyRepository) -> RepositoryPool:
-    pool = RepositoryPool()
-
-    pool.add_repository(PyPiRepository(disable_cache=True))
-    pool.add_repository(
-        LegacyRepository("foo", "https://legacy.foo.bar/simple/", disable_cache=True)
-    )
-    pool.add_repository(
-        LegacyRepository("foo2", "https://legacy.foo2.bar/simple/", disable_cache=True)
-    )
-    return pool
-
-
 def check_chosen_link_filename(
     env: MockEnv,
     source_type: str,
@@ -75,7 +50,7 @@ def check_chosen_link_filename(
 
     try:
         link = chooser.choose_for(package)
-    except RuntimeError as e:
+    except PoetryRuntimeError as e:
         if filename is None:
             assert (
                 str(e)
@@ -398,3 +373,89 @@ def test_chooser_md5_remote_fallback_to_sha256_inline_calculation(
     ]
     res = chooser.choose_for(package)
     assert res.filename == "demo-0.1.0.tar.gz"
+
+
+def test_chooser_no_links_found_error(env: MockEnv, pool: RepositoryPool) -> None:
+    chooser = Chooser(pool, env)
+    package = Package(
+        "demo",
+        "0.1.0",
+        source_type="legacy",
+        source_reference="foo",
+        source_url="https://legacy.foo.bar/simple/",
+    )
+
+    error = chooser._no_links_found_error(
+        package=package,
+        links_seen=4,
+        wheels_skipped=3,
+        sdists_skipped=1,
+        unsupported_wheels={"demo-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl"},
+    )
+    assert (
+        error.get_text(debug=True, strip=True)
+        == """\
+Unable to find installation candidates for demo (0.1.0)
+
+This is likely not a Poetry issue.
+
+  - 4 candidates were identified for the package
+  - 3 wheels were skipped due to your installer.no-binary policy
+  - 1 source distributions were skipped due to your installer.only-binary policy
+  - 1 wheels were skipped as your project's environment does not support the identified abi tags
+
+
+The following wheels were skipped as the current project environment does not support them due to abi compatibility \
+issues.
+
+  - demo-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl
+
+If you would like to see the supported tags in your project environment, you can execute the following command:
+
+    poetry debug tags
+
+Solutions:
+Make sure the lockfile is up-to-date. You can try one of the following;
+
+    1. Regenerate lockfile: poetry lock --no-cache --regenerate
+    2. Update package     : poetry update --no-cache demo
+
+If neither works, please first check to verify that the demo has published wheels available from your configured \
+source (foo) that are compatible with your environment- ie. operating system, architecture (x86_64, arm64 etc.), \
+python interpreter.\
+"""
+    )
+
+    assert (
+        error.get_text(debug=True, strip=True)
+        == """\
+Unable to find installation candidates for demo (0.1.0)
+
+This is likely not a Poetry issue.
+
+  - 4 candidates were identified for the package
+  - 3 wheels were skipped due to your installer.no-binary policy
+  - 1 source distributions were skipped due to your installer.only-binary policy
+  - 1 wheels were skipped as your project's environment does not support the identified abi tags
+
+
+The following wheels were skipped as the current project environment does not support them due to abi compatibility \
+issues.
+
+  - demo-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl
+
+If you would like to see the supported tags in your project environment, you can execute the following command:
+
+    poetry debug tags
+
+Solutions:
+Make sure the lockfile is up-to-date. You can try one of the following;
+
+    1. Regenerate lockfile: poetry lock --no-cache --regenerate
+    2. Update package     : poetry update --no-cache demo
+
+If neither works, please first check to verify that the demo has published wheels available from your configured \
+source (foo) that are compatible with your environment- ie. operating system, architecture (x86_64, arm64 etc.), \
+python interpreter.\
+"""
+    )