I am facing issuse in downloading tensorflow-object-detection

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i am having a protobuf latest package but i cannot download this tensorflow object detection . next i need to create a Tf record. this is an error message shown in command prompt and i am using 3.10.7 python version

C:\Users\VCC>pip install tensorflow-object-detection
Collecting tensorflow-object-detection
Using cached tensorflow_object_detection-0.0.6.tar.gz (818 kB)
Preparing metadata (setup.py) … error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: ‘C:\Users\VCC\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python.exe’ -c ‘import io, os, sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = ‘"’“‘C:\Users\VCC\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-uw42quui\tensorflow-object-detection_e1e18c0a0c2c49779d6e97f61dce04ac\setup.py’”’“‘; file=’”‘“‘C:\Users\VCC\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-uw42quui\tensorflow-object-detection_e1e18c0a0c2c49779d6e97f61dce04ac\setup.py’”’“';f = getattr(tokenize, '”‘“‘open’”’“‘, open)(file) if os.path.exists(file) else io.StringIO(’”‘“‘from setuptools import setup; setup()’”’“‘);code = f.read().replace(’”‘"’\r\n’“'”‘, ‘"’"’\n’“'”‘);f.close();exec(compile(code, file, ‘"’“‘exec’”’"‘))’ egg_info --egg-base ‘C:\Users\VCC\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-pip-egg-info-9gprm1xh’
cwd: C:\Users\VCC\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-uw42quui\tensorflow-object-detection_e1e18c0a0c2c49779d6e97f61dce04ac
Complete output (1 lines):
protoc command not found in PATH. install the protoc command system wide or set the PROTOC env variable with protoc executable path.

WARNING: Discarding https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/1e/3f/ded2818d5ea0abe190c36e98956d7141c9e48b4e32fc8ac49dcef0ac5f76/tensorflow_object_detection-0.0.6.tar.gz#sha256=69ec1189f668ce9692540d1dff8a72ed5547f0be203deff08b1d8afb8fca9cad (from Links for tensorflow-object-detection) (requires-python:>=3.6, <4.0). Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.
Using cached tensorflow_object_detection-0.0.5.tar.gz (818 kB)
Preparing metadata (setup.py) … error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: ‘C:\Users\VCC\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python.exe’ -c ‘import io, os, sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = ‘"’“‘C:\Users\VCC\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-uw42quui\tensorflow-object-detection_fcf750a82239448dadbc420ea3cd1bf1\setup.py’”’“‘; file=’”‘“‘C:\Users\VCC\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-uw42quui\tensorflow-object-detection_fcf750a82239448dadbc420ea3cd1bf1\setup.py’”’“';f = getattr(tokenize, '”‘“‘open’”’“‘, open)(file) if os.path.exists(file) else io.StringIO(’”‘“‘from setuptools import setup; setup()’”’“‘);code = f.read().replace(’”‘"’\r\n’“'”‘, ‘"’"’\n’“'”‘);f.close();exec(compile(code, file, ‘"’“‘exec’”’"‘))’ egg_info --egg-base ‘C:\Users\VCC\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-pip-egg-info-k1rypjk4’
cwd: C:\Users\VCC\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-uw42quui\tensorflow-object-detection_fcf750a82239448dadbc420ea3cd1bf1
Complete output (1 lines):
protoc command not found in PATH. install the protoc command system wide or set the PROTOC env variable with protoc executable path.

WARNING: Discarding https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/33/c0/8a046c4d51fd9d0080a9980a2503a52fd1b16eb17cfe99466f8ca6183b03/tensorflow_object_detection-0.0.5.tar.gz#sha256=ea4622f6024d7b3c68db23d2148886f862ff09691ee18e13a7efb6554a0e8269 (from Links for tensorflow-object-detection) (requires-python:>=3.6, <4.0). Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.
Using cached tensorflow_object_detection-0.0.4.tar.gz (818 kB)
Preparing metadata (setup.py) … error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: ‘C:\Users\VCC\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python.exe’ -c ‘import io, os, sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = ‘"’“‘C:\Users\VCC\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-uw42quui\tensorflow-object-detection_799b66eedef1469cbfd29bf806555ef5\setup.py’”’“‘; file=’”‘“‘C:\Users\VCC\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-uw42quui\tensorflow-object-detection_799b66eedef1469cbfd29bf806555ef5\setup.py’”’“';f = getattr(tokenize, '”‘“‘open’”’“‘, open)(file) if os.path.exists(file) else io.StringIO(’”‘“‘from setuptools import setup; setup()’”’“‘);code = f.read().replace(’”‘"’\r\n’“'”‘, ‘"’"’\n’“'”‘);f.close();exec(compile(code, file, ‘"’“‘exec’”’"‘))’ egg_info --egg-base ‘C:\Users\VCC\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-pip-egg-info-ouhfphfg’
cwd: C:\Users\VCC\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-uw42quui\tensorflow-object-detection_799b66eedef1469cbfd29bf806555ef5
Complete output (1 lines):
protoc command not found in PATH. install the protoc command system wide or set the PROTOC env variable with protoc executable path.

WARNING: Discarding https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e2/e6/951531305a8c5e2e81277faae5b7abb5ffab3b41a68c99495a28c8a43022/tensorflow_object_detection-0.0.4.tar.gz#sha256=a5800b7a4e4f0be3a64f84bf489137645c02f9440c7109ef2b68ad2590580c03 (from Links for tensorflow-object-detection) (requires-python:>=3.6, <4.0). Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.
ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement tensorflow-object-detection (from versions: 0.0.4, 0.0.5, 0.0.6)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for tensorflow-object-detection

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To fix the issue, follow these steps:

  1. Install Protocol Buffers (protoc): Download and install protoc from its GitHub releases page. Then, add protoc to your system’s PATH.
  2. Check Installation: Verify protoc is installed by running protoc --version in the command line.
  3. Correct Installation Method: The TensorFlow Object Detection API cannot be installed directly with pip using the name tensorflow-object-detection. Instead, clone the TensorFlow Models repository from GitHub and follow the setup instructions there for the Object Detection API.
  4. Create TFRecord: After installation, convert your dataset to TFRecord format for use with the Object Detection API, following the instructions in the repository.