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pip install error No module named 'distutils' #308

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Describe the bug
When using pip to install aydin, it failed with this error:
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
cd D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising
mkdir aydin
cd aydin
python -m venv .venv
.venv\Scripts\activate
pip install aydin

File "C:\Users\searo\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x_jkekuy\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 10, in <module>
    import distutils.core
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

Expected behavior
Installation of aydin using pip with no errors.

Screenshots

pip install aydin
Collecting aydin
  Downloading aydin-0.1.15-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (13 kB)
Collecting catboost>=1.0.5 (from aydin)
  Downloading catboost-1.2.8-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl.metadata (1.5 kB)
Collecting Click>=8.0.3 (from aydin)
  Using cached click-8.3.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (2.6 kB)
Collecting czifile>=2019.7.2 (from aydin)
  Downloading czifile-2019.7.2.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (5.6 kB)
Collecting Deprecated>=1.2.13 (from aydin)
  Downloading deprecated-1.3.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl.metadata (5.9 kB)
Collecting docstring-parser>=0.13 (from aydin)
  Downloading docstring_parser-0.17.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (3.5 kB)
Collecting gdown>=4.2.0 (from aydin)
  Using cached gdown-5.2.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (5.8 kB)
Collecting importlib-metadata>=4.10.0 (from aydin)
  Downloading importlib_metadata-8.7.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (4.7 kB)
Collecting imageio==2.21.1 (from aydin)
  Downloading imageio-2.21.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (4.9 kB)
Collecting jsonpickle==1.3.0 (from aydin)
  Downloading jsonpickle-1.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl.metadata (1.1 kB)
Collecting lightgbm>=3.3.1 (from aydin)
  Downloading lightgbm-4.6.0-py3-none-win_amd64.whl.metadata (17 kB)
Collecting napari==0.4.15 (from aydin)
  Downloading napari-0.4.15-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (14 kB)
Collecting nd2reader>=3.3.0 (from aydin)
  Downloading nd2reader-3.3.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl.metadata (941 bytes)
Collecting numba>=0.55.1 (from aydin)
  Using cached numba-0.63.1-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl.metadata (3.0 kB)
Collecting numpy>=1.19.2 (from aydin)
  Using cached numpy-2.4.2-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl.metadata (6.6 kB)
Collecting protobuf==3.20.1 (from aydin)
  Downloading protobuf-3.20.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl.metadata (720 bytes)
Collecting pynndescent>=0.5.5 (from aydin)
  Downloading pynndescent-0.6.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (6.9 kB)
Collecting PyQt5>=5.15.6 (from aydin)
  Downloading PyQt5-5.15.11-cp38-abi3-win_amd64.whl.metadata (2.1 kB)
Collecting QDarkStyle==3.0.2 (from aydin)
  Downloading QDarkStyle-3.0.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl.metadata (3.1 kB)
Collecting qtpy>=1.11.2 (from aydin)
  Downloading QtPy-2.4.3-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (12 kB)
Collecting scikit-image==0.18.3 (from aydin)
  Downloading scikit-image-0.18.3.tar.gz (29.2 MB)
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  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done

[notice] A new release of pip is available: 24.3.1 -> 26.0.1
[notice] To update, run: python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip
ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\base_command.py", line 105, in _run_wrapper
    status = _inner_run()
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\base_command.py", line 96, in _inner_run
    return self.run(options, args)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\req_command.py", line 67, in wrapper
    return func(self, options, args)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\commands\install.py", line 379, in run
    requirement_set = resolver.resolve(
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\resolver.py", line 95, in resolve
    result = self._result = resolver.resolve(
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 546, in resolve
    state = resolution.resolve(requirements, max_rounds=max_rounds)
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 427, in resolve
    failure_causes = self._attempt_to_pin_criterion(name)
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 239, in _attempt_to_pin_criterion
    criteria = self._get_updated_criteria(candidate)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 230, in _get_updated_criteria
    self._add_to_criteria(criteria, requirement, parent=candidate)
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 173, in _add_to_criteria
    if not criterion.candidates:
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\structs.py", line 156, in __bool__
    return bool(self._sequence)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found_candidates.py", line 174, in __bool__
    return any(self)
           ^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found_candidates.py", line 162, in <genexpr>
    return (c for c in iterator if id(c) not in self._incompatible_ids)
                       ^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found_candidates.py", line 53, in _iter_built
    candidate = func()
                ^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\factory.py", line 187, in _make_candidate_from_link
    base: Optional[BaseCandidate] = self._make_base_candidate_from_link(
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\factory.py", line 233, in _make_base_candidate_from_link
    self._link_candidate_cache[link] = LinkCandidate(
                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 304, in __init__
    super().__init__(
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 159, in __init__
    self.dist = self._prepare()
                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 236, in _prepare
    dist = self._prepare_distribution()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 315, in _prepare_distribution
    return preparer.prepare_linked_requirement(self._ireq, parallel_builds=True)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\operations\prepare.py", line 527, in prepare_linked_requirement
    return self._prepare_linked_requirement(req, parallel_builds)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\operations\prepare.py", line 642, in _prepare_linked_requirement
    dist = _get_prepared_distribution(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\operations\prepare.py", line 72, in _get_prepared_distribution
    abstract_dist.prepare_distribution_metadata(
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\distributions\sdist.py", line 56, in prepare_distribution_metadata
    self._install_build_reqs(finder)
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\distributions\sdist.py", line 126, in _install_build_reqs
    build_reqs = self._get_build_requires_wheel()
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\distributions\sdist.py", line 103, in _get_build_requires_wheel
    return backend.get_requires_for_build_wheel()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\utils\misc.py", line 701, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
    return super().get_requires_for_build_wheel(config_settings=cs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\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:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\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:\dev_projects\image_ai\denoising\aydin\.venv\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\searo\miniconda3\Lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 90, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1310, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 999, in exec_module
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "C:\Users\searo\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-x_jkekuy\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 10, in <module>
    import distutils.core
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

Desktop (please complete the following information):

  • OS: Windows 11 Pro
  • OS: Version: 24H2
  • Python version: 3.12.9

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