Windows Installation Error Python 3.12.1

[adityasharma-tech]

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System

• Operating System: Windows
• Python Version: 3.12.1
• PyBluez Version: latest

Issue

Installation Error on windows with subprocess module

Collecting pybluez
  Using cached PyBluez-0.23.tar.gz (97 kB)
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [1 lines of output]
      error in PyBluez setup command: use_2to3 is invalid.
      [end of output]

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

× Getting requirements to build wheel 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. ```

[axelvanherle]

#431 (comment) solved it for me

[RealMW96]

I encountered this error both on Windows and Ubuntu as well. See

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/77247893/modulenotfounderror-no-module-named-distutils-in-python-3-12

for more help. In the end, upgrading the package setuptools to the newest version via

"python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools"

fixed it for me.

[adityasharma-tech]

I fix it by installing windows c++ sdk