ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

[mceachen]

@kingjan1999 thanks for taking the time to write these bindings! 🎉 🥇

This library installs and works great on Linux, but Windows (node v18 and v20) seem to have issues due to python missing the "distutils" package:

$ yarn add platform-folders # (or `npm i platform-folders`) 
yarn add v1.22.19
info No lockfile found.
[1/4] Resolving packages...
[2/4] Fetching packages...
[3/4] Linking dependencies...
[4/4] Building fresh packages...
error C:\Users\matth\AppData\Local\Temp\test\node_modules\platform-folders: Command failed.
Exit code: 1
Command: node-gyp rebuild
Arguments:
Directory: C:\Users\matth\AppData\Local\Temp\test\node_modules\platform-folders
Output:
gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using [email protected]
gyp info using [email protected] | win32 | x64
gyp info find Python using Python version 3.12.0 found at "C:\Python312\python.exe"
gyp info find VS using VS2022 (17.7.34202.233) found at:
gyp info find VS "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools"
gyp info find VS run with --verbose for detailed information
gyp info spawn C:\Python312\python.exe
gyp info spawn args [
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\matth\\AppData\\Local\\Yarn\\Data\\global\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\gyp\\gyp_main.py',
gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-f',
gyp info spawn args   'msvs',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\matth\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\test\\node_modules\\platform-folders\\build\\config.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\matth\\AppData\\Local\\Yarn\\Data\\global\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\addon.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-I',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\matth\\AppData\\Local\\node-gyp\\Cache\\20.8.1\\include\\node\\common.gypi',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=C:\\Users\\matth\\AppData\\Local\\node-gyp\\Cache\\20.8.1',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=C:\\Users\\matth\\AppData\\Local\\Yarn\\Data\\global\\node_modules\\node-gyp',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=C:\\\\Users\\\\matth\\\\AppData\\\\Local\\\\node-gyp\\\\Cache\\\\20.8.1\\\\<(target_arch)\\\\node.lib',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=C:\\Users\\matth\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\test\\node_modules\\platform-folders',
gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_engine=v8',
gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
gyp info spawn args   'C:\\Users\\matth\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\test\\node_modules\\platform-folders\\build',
gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.'
gyp info spawn args ]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\matth\AppData\Local\Yarn\Data\global\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\gyp_main.py", line 42, in <module>
    import gyp  # noqa: E402
    ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\matth\AppData\Local\Yarn\Data\global\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\__init__.py", line 9, in <module>
    import gyp.input
  File "C:\Users\matth\AppData\Local\Yarn\Data\global\node_modules\node-gyp\gyp\pylib\gyp\input.py", line 19, in <module>
    from distutils.version import StrictVersion
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'
gyp ERR! configure error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (C:\Users\matth\AppData\Local\Yarn\Data\global\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\configure.js:325:16)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:514:28)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:294:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.22621
gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\matth\\AppData\\Local\\Yarn\\Data\\global\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\matth\AppData\Local\Temp\test\node_modules\platform-folders
gyp ERR! node -v v20.8.1
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v9.4.0
gyp ERR! not ok
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/add for documentation about this command.

This seems to be a regression from node-gyp. I'll dig into it a bit.

[mceachen]

Yup: nodejs/node-gyp#2915

(Solution if anyone else finds this: run pip install setuptools)