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On our AIX 7.3 server; try to pip3 to install oracledb package but failed. Please help1

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[root@mdmdbdev01] / >
# oslevel -s
7300-02-03-2446

[root@mdmdbdev01] / >
# lslpp -l|grep python3
python3.9.base 3.9.19.2 COMMITTED Python 3.9 64-bit binary
python3.9.base 3.9.19.2 COMMITTED Python 3.9 64-bit binary

[root@mdmdbdev01] / >
# python3 --version
Python 3.9.19

[root@mdmdbdev01] / >
# pip3 --version
pip 25.2 from /usr/opt/python3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pip (python 3.9)

[root@mdmdbdev01] / >
# pip3 install oracledb==2.4.1
Collecting oracledb==2.4.1
Using cached oracledb-2.4.1.tar.gz (614 kB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Collecting cryptography>=3.2.1 (from oracledb==2.4.1)
Using cached cryptography-46.0.1.tar.gz (749 kB)
Installing build dependencies ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

pip subprocess to install build dependencies did not run successfully.
exit code: 1

[31 lines of output]
Ignoring cffi: markers 'platform_python_implementation != "PyPy" and python_version == "3.8"' don't match your environment
Collecting maturin<2,>=1.9.4
Using cached maturin-1.9.4.tar.gz (213 kB)
Installing build dependencies: started
Installing build dependencies: finished with status 'done'
Getting requirements to build wheel: started
Getting requirements to build wheel: finished with status 'done'
Installing backend dependencies: started
Installing backend dependencies: finished with status 'done'
Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml): started
Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml): finished with status 'error'
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
exit code: 1

[3 lines of output]
Python reports SOABI: cpython-39
Unsupported platform: 39
Rust not found, installing into a temporary directory
[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.
[end of output]

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

pip subprocess to install build dependencies did not run successfully.
exit code: 1

See above for output.

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

====== We tried a few thing but got error when installing cffi.