pipx install fails: No module named 'distutils'

[rawlik]

renku cannot be installed with pipx.

mrawlik@staff-net-etx-0642 ~> pipx install renku                                                                                     (base)
Fatal error from pip prevented installation. Full pip output in file:
    /Users/mrawlik/.local/pipx/logs/cmd_2023-12-06_11.39.06_pip_errors.log

pip seemed to fail to build package:
    numpy<1.22.0,>=1.20.0

Some possibly relevant errors from pip install:
    ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

Error installing renku.

It happens on a fresh micromamba install. Python 3.12.0.

I tried installing setuptools and then renku with pip. Then I also get an error:

ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py", line 180, in exc_logging_wrapper
    status = run_func(*args)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/req_command.py", line 245, in wrapper
    return func(self, options, args)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/commands/install.py", line 377, in run
    requirement_set = resolver.resolve(
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/resolver.py", line 95, in resolve
    result = self._result = resolver.resolve(
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/resolvelib/resolvers.py", line 546, in resolve
    state = resolution.resolve(requirements, max_rounds=max_rounds)
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/resolvelib/resolvers.py", line 427, in resolve
    failure_causes = self._attempt_to_pin_criterion(name)
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/resolvelib/resolvers.py", line 239, in _attempt_to_pin_criterion
    criteria = self._get_updated_criteria(candidate)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/resolvelib/resolvers.py", line 230, in _get_updated_criteria
    self._add_to_criteria(criteria, requirement, parent=candidate)
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/resolvelib/resolvers.py", line 173, in _add_to_criteria
    if not criterion.candidates:
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/resolvelib/structs.py", line 156, in __bool__
    return bool(self._sequence)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/found_candidates.py", line 155, in __bool__
    return any(self)
           ^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/found_candidates.py", line 143, in <genexpr>
    return (c for c in iterator if id(c) not in self._incompatible_ids)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/found_candidates.py", line 47, in _iter_built
    candidate = func()
                ^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/factory.py", line 211, in _make_candidate_from_link
    self._link_candidate_cache[link] = LinkCandidate(
                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py", line 293, in __init__
    super().__init__(
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py", line 156, in __init__
    self.dist = self._prepare()
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py", line 225, in _prepare
    dist = self._prepare_distribution()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py", line 304, in _prepare_distribution
    return preparer.prepare_linked_requirement(self._ireq, parallel_builds=True)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/prepare.py", line 525, in prepare_linked_requirement
    return self._prepare_linked_requirement(req, parallel_builds)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/prepare.py", line 640, in _prepare_linked_requirement
    dist = _get_prepared_distribution(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/prepare.py", line 71, in _get_prepared_distribution
    abstract_dist.prepare_distribution_metadata(
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/distributions/sdist.py", line 54, in prepare_distribution_metadata
    self._install_build_reqs(finder)
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/distributions/sdist.py", line 124, in _install_build_reqs
    build_reqs = self._get_build_requires_wheel()
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/distributions/sdist.py", line 101, in _get_build_requires_wheel
    return backend.get_requires_for_build_wheel()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/misc.py", line 751, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
    return super().get_requires_for_build_wheel(config_settings=cs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/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 "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/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 "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 77, in _build_backend
    obj = import_module(mod_path)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/mrawlik/micromamba/lib/python3.12/importlib/__init__.py", line 90, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1381, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1354, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1304, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1381, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1354, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1325, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 929, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 994, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "/private/var/folders/pb/8q_kz3mx0r77q8yyj79ch4c80000gn/T/pip-build-env-8_bpomeg/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 18, in <module>
    from setuptools.extern.six import PY3, string_types
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'setuptools.extern.six'

[Panaetius]

we don't yet support python 3.12 (it only came out 2 months ago), only 3.8-3.11. I suspect many of our dependencies won't support it either.

Since the error message mentions numpy, we don't depend on that anymore since version >=2.5.0,so using a newer version of renku-python might work. it is trying to install version 2.4.0, as back in that version we still had ^3.8.1 as the python version requirement, newer versions have >=3.8.1,<3.12. So ironically, newer versions might actually work but won't get installed, because they specify the version requirement correctly.

[rawlik]

I see. When I downgraded to python 3.11 then it worked. Thanks!