Could not build wheels for hivemind, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects

While trying to build using documentation, i.e.:
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir --verbose --user .
ends up with:

Failed to build hivemind
ERROR: Could not build wheels for hivemind, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects
Error: Process completed with exit code 1.