[Bug]: No module named setuptools for Python 3.8.10

[kaspar-gestalt]

Describe the bug

I was trying to install anomalib 1.0.0 from source using pip install . with v1.0.0 checked out. pip list returned setuptools 70.3.0, but I also tried with version 42.0.0 and some version 69.x. I could successfully run python -c 'import setuptools', but when trying pip install ., I got ERROR: No module named 'setuptools'. Then I scrapped my virtual environment created with Python3.8.10 and made a new one with Python3.11, and then all worked fine.

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Steps to reproduce the behavior

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OS information

OS information:

• OS: Ubuntu 20.04
• Python version: 3.8.10
• Anomalib version: 1.0.0

Expected behavior

pip install . installs anomalib

Screenshots

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Pip/GitHub

pip

What version/branch did you use?

24.0

Configuration YAML

none

Logs

pip install .
Processing /anomalib
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py", line 179, in exc_logging_wrapper
    status = run_func(*args)
  File "/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/req_command.py", line 67, in wrapper
    return func(self, options, args)
  File "/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/commands/install.py", line 377, in run
    requirement_set = resolver.resolve(
  File "/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/resolver.py", line 76, in resolve
    collected = self.factory.collect_root_requirements(root_reqs)
  File "/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/factory.py", line 538, in collect_root_requirements
    reqs = list(
  File "/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/factory.py", line 494, in _make_requirements_from_install_req
    cand = self._make_base_candidate_from_link(
  File "/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/factory.py", line 231, in _make_base_candidate_from_link
    self._link_candidate_cache[link] = LinkCandidate(
  File "/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py", line 303, in __init__
    super().__init__(
  File "/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py", line 158, in __init__
    self.dist = self._prepare()
  File "/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py", line 235, in _prepare
    dist = self._prepare_distribution()
  File "/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py", line 314, in _prepare_distribution
    return preparer.prepare_linked_requirement(self._ireq, parallel_builds=True)
  File "/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/prepare.py", line 527, in prepare_linked_requirement
    return self._prepare_linked_requirement(req, parallel_builds)
  File "/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/prepare.py", line 642, in _prepare_linked_requirement
    dist = _get_prepared_distribution(
  File "/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/prepare.py", line 72, in _get_prepared_distribution
    abstract_dist.prepare_distribution_metadata(
  File "/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/distributions/sdist.py", line 56, in prepare_distribution_metadata
    self._install_build_reqs(finder)
  File "/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/distributions/sdist.py", line 126, in _install_build_reqs
    build_reqs = self._get_build_requires_wheel()
  File "/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/distributions/sdist.py", line 103, in _get_build_requires_wheel
    return backend.get_requires_for_build_wheel()
  File "/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/misc.py", line 709, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
    return super().get_requires_for_build_wheel(config_settings=cs)
  File "/.venv/lib/python3.8/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 "/.venv/lib/python3.8/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 "/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 77, in _build_backend
    obj = import_module(mod_path)
  File "/.pyenv/versions/3.8.10/lib/python3.8/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1014, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 961, in _find_and_load_unlocked
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1014, in _gcd_import
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 973, in _find_and_load_unlocked
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'setuptools'

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[ashwinvaidya17]

@kaspar-gestalt Anomalib v1.0.0 has 3.10 as the minimum python version (https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/anomalib/blob/v1.0.0/pyproject.toml#L127). I checked out v1.0.0 tag on a new 3.10 and it works fine on it. Note: you need to also use anomalib install after doing pip install . on a fresh environment.

[samet-akcay]

Moving to Q&A as this is not a bug but requirement.