Installing build dependencies ... error with pip

Description

Running a venv and trying to install pandas (notebook as well) but getting same error × pip subprocess to install build dependencies did not run successfully.

Expected behavior

No response

pip version

23.2.1

Python version

3.12.0b4

OS

Windows 11 Pro 22H2

How to Reproduce

1. Create virtual environment
2. Run environment
3. Run pip install pandas

Output

My Drive\venv_sales_campaign>pip install pandas
Collecting pandas
Downloading pandas-2.0.3.tar.gz (5.3 MB)
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 5.3/5.3 MB 5.5 MB/s eta 0:00:00
Installing build dependencies ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× pip subprocess to install build dependencies did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 2
╰─> [120 lines of output]
Collecting setuptools>=61.0.0
Obtaining dependency information for setuptools>=61.0.0 from https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c7/42/be1c7bbdd83e1bfb160c94b9cafd8e25efc7400346cf7ccdbdb452c467fa/setuptools-68.0.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata
Downloading setuptools-68.0.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (6.4 kB)
Collecting wheel
Obtaining dependency information for wheel from https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/17/11/f139e25018ea2218aeedbedcf85cd0dd8abeed29a38ac1fda7f5a8889382/wheel-0.41.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata
Downloading wheel-0.41.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (2.2 kB)
Collecting Cython<3,>=0.29.33
Obtaining dependency information for Cython<3,>=0.29.33 from https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/3f/d6/9eed523aeaca42acbaa3e6d3850edae780dc7f8da9df1bf6a2ceb851839c/Cython-0.29.36-py2.py3-none-any.whl.metadata
Downloading Cython-0.29.36-py2.py3-none-any.whl.metadata (3.1 kB)
Collecting oldest-supported-numpy>=2022.8.16
Downloading oldest_supported_numpy-2022.11.19-py3-none-any.whl (4.9 kB)
Collecting versioneer[toml]
Obtaining dependency information for versioneer[toml] from https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/b0/79/f0f1ca286b78f6f33c521a36b5cbd5bd697c0d66217d8856f443aeb9dd77/versioneer-0.29-py3-none-any.whl.metadata
Downloading versioneer-0.29-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (16 kB)
Collecting numpy (from oldest-supported-numpy>=2022.8.16)
Downloading numpy-1.25.2.tar.gz (10.8 MB)
---------------------------------------- 10.8/10.8 MB 4.3 MB/s eta 0:00:00
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'
ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\cli\base_command.py", line 180, in exc_logging_wrapper
status = run_func(*args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\cli\req_command.py", line 248, in wrapper
return func(self, options, args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\commands\install.py", line 377, in run
requirement_set = resolver.resolve(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\resolver.py", line 92, in resolve
result = self._result = resolver.resolve(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 546, in resolve
state = resolution.resolve(requirements, max_rounds=max_rounds)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 427, in resolve
failure_causes = self._attempt_to_pin_criterion(name)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 239, in _attempt_to_pin_criterion
criteria = self._get_updated_criteria(candidate)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 230, in _get_updated_criteria
self._add_to_criteria(criteria, requirement, parent=candidate)
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 173, in _add_to_criteria
if not criterion.candidates:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\resolvelib\structs.py", line 156, in bool
return bool(self._sequence)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found_candidates.py", line 155, in bool
return any(self)
^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found_candidates.py", line 143, in
return (c for c in iterator if id(c) not in self._incompatible_ids)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found_candidates.py", line 47, in _iter_built
candidate = func()
^^^^^^
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\factory.py", line 206, in _make_candidate_from_link
self._link_candidate_cache[link] = LinkCandidate(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 293, in init
super().init(
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 156, in init
self.dist = self._prepare()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 225, in _prepare
dist = self._prepare_distribution()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 304, in _prepare_distribution
return preparer.prepare_linked_requirement(self._ireq, parallel_builds=True)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\operations\prepare.py", line 538, in prepare_linked_requirement
return self._prepare_linked_requirement(req, parallel_builds)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\operations\prepare.py", line 653, in _prepare_linked_requirement
dist = _get_prepared_distribution(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\operations\prepare.py", line 69, in _get_prepared_distribution
abstract_dist.prepare_distribution_metadata(
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\distributions\sdist.py", line 48, in prepare_distribution_metadata
self._install_build_reqs(finder)
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\distributions\sdist.py", line 118, in _install_build_reqs
build_reqs = self._get_build_requires_wheel()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\distributions\sdist.py", line 95, in _get_build_requires_wheel
return backend.get_requires_for_build_wheel()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\utils\misc.py", line 697, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return super().get_requires_for_build_wheel(config_settings=cs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_impl.py", line 166, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return self._call_hook('get_requires_for_build_wheel', {
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_impl.py", line 321, in _call_hook
raise BackendUnavailable(data.get('traceback', ''))
pip._vendor.pyproject_hooks._impl.BackendUnavailable: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\My Drive\venv_sales_campaign\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 77, in build_backend
obj = import_module(mod_path)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\Anish Reddy\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\importlib_init.py", line 90, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "", line 1293, in _gcd_import
File "", line 1266, in _find_and_load
File "", line 1216, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 400, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "", line 1293, in _gcd_import
File "", line 1266, in _find_and_load
File "", line 1237, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 841, in load_unlocked
File "", line 994, in exec_module
File "", line 400, in call_with_frames_removed
File "C:\Users\Anish Reddy\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-ku9ezvi\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_init.py", line 10, in
import distutils.core
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

  [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: 2
╰─> See above for output.

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

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As the error message says, this error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.