[Bug]: Python 3.12.4 issues errors while installing

[babysnakes]

Prerequisites

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Package Name

python

Expected/Current Behaviour

Expected to be installed without errors. When installing I got the following output:

 pwsh  scoop install python
Installing 'python' (3.12.4) [64bit] from 'main' bucket
Loading python-3.12.4-amd64.exe from cache
Checking hash of python-3.12.4-amd64.exe ... ok.
Running pre_install script...
Running installer script...
Linking ~\scoop\apps\python\current => ~\scoop\apps\python\3.12.4
Creating shim for 'python3'.
Creating shim for 'idle'.
Creating shim for 'idle3'.
Adding ~\scoop\apps\python\current\Scripts to your path.
Adding ~\scoop\apps\python\current to your path.
Persisting Scripts
Persisting Lib\site-packages
Running post_install script...
  WARNING: Failed to write executable - trying to use .deleteme logic
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [WinError 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 'C:\\Users\\haim\\scoop\\apps\\python\\current\\Scripts\\pip.exe' -> 'C:\\Users\\haim\\scoop\\apps\\python\\current\\Scripts\\pip.exe.deleteme'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
  File "C:\Users\haim\scoop\apps\python\current\Lib\ensurepip\__main__.py", line 5, in <module>
    sys.exit(ensurepip._main())
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\haim\scoop\apps\python\current\Lib\ensurepip\__init__.py", line 284, in _main
    return _bootstrap(
           ^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\haim\scoop\apps\python\current\Lib\ensurepip\__init__.py", line 200, in _bootstrap
    return _run_pip([*args, *_PACKAGE_NAMES], additional_paths)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\haim\scoop\apps\python\current\Lib\ensurepip\__init__.py", line 101, in _run_pip
    return subprocess.run(cmd, check=True).returncode
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\haim\scoop\apps\python\current\Lib\subprocess.py", line 571, in run
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args,
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['C:\\Users\\haim\\scoop\\apps\\python\\current\\python.exe', '-W', 'ignore::DeprecationWarning', '-c', '\nimport runpy\nimport sys\nsys.path = [\'C:\\\\Users\\\\haim\\\\AppData\\\\Local\\\\Temp\\\\tmpiet6ipmb\\\\pip-24.0-py3-none-any.whl\'] + sys.path\nsys.argv[1:] = [\'install\', \'--no-cache-dir\', \'--no-index\', \'--find-links\', \'C:\\\\Users\\\\haim\\\\AppData\\\\Local\\\\Temp\\\\tmpiet6ipmb\', \'--upgrade\', \'pip\']\nrunpy.run_module("pip", run_name="__main__", alter_sys=True)\n']' returned non-zero exit status 1.

'python' (3.12.4) was installed successfully!
Notes
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Allow applications and third-party installers to find python by running:
"C:\Users\haim\scoop\apps\python\current\install-pep-514.reg"

While I do have python executable in path I'm not sure what's not working 🙁 (I'm not really a python developer - just used it once for something simple).

Steps to Reproduce

PS> scoop install python

Possible Solution

no idea 🙂

Scoop and Buckets Version

pwsh  scoop --version
Current Scoop version:
d337bb1f (HEAD -> master, tag: v0.4.2, origin/master, origin/HEAD) chore(release): Bump to version 0.4.2 (#5964)

'main' bucket:
9e3297c22 (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) pulumi: Update to version 3.121.0

'extras' bucket:
7562736b7 (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) netron: Update to version 7.7.4

'sysinternals' bucket:
56aa57d (HEAD -> main, origin/main, origin/HEAD) sysinternals-suite: Update to version 2024.06.20

'java' bucket:
2382f57e (HEAD -> master, origin/master, origin/HEAD) intellij-jbr17: Update to version 17.0.11-b1312.2

'kdash-bucket' bucket:
b5202b6 (HEAD -> main, origin/main, origin/HEAD) Update package for KDash release v0.6.0

Scoop Config

pwsh  scoop config

last_update         scoop_branch scoop_repo                              use_lessmsi
-----------         ------------ ----------                              -----------
22/06/2024 10:20:32 master       https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop       False

PowerShell Version

pwsh  $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.4.3
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.4.3
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.22631
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Additional Softwares

No response

[brian6932]

I had the same problem installing [email protected], the following worked/fixed it for me:

Remove-Item -Recurse -Force "$(scoop prefix python)/Lib/site-packages/pip*"
py -m ensurepip --upgrade --no-warn-script-location
scoop update python -f

[juliomaranhao]

Yes, it's annoying. The post_install command python -E -s -m ensurepip -U --default-pip some times fails.

I deleted all pip files/folders from python persist folder: /Lib/site-packages/pip* /Scripts/pip*

Then scoop install python works.

This hint might be written in the notes.

UPDATE: please ignore above text. It does not fix the root cause. See comment from @mark05e bellow (true fix).

[babysnakes]

Thank you both. The deletion of Lib\site-packages\pip* did the trick. The update today to 3.12.5 went smooth 🥳.

[L1ttleFlyyy]

Hitting the same issue with python 3.13.0 today. Deleting Lib\site-packages\pip* did the trick

[mark05e]

Alternate solution From https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Main/issues/5090#issuecomment-2118667729

Create an empty file called placeholder.txt in %USERPROFILE%\scoop\apps\python\current\scripts\. (Name and contents don't matter, it only matters that the directory contains something other than pip's own scripts.)

---

Create empty text file using CMD type NUL > %USERPROFILE%\scoop\apps\python\current\scripts\placeholder.txt

or Create empty text file using Powershell New-Item -Path $Env:USERPROFILE\scoop\apps\python\current\scripts\ -Name placeholder.txt -ItemType File -Force

---

After that, running the post install command does not return any errors. python -E -s -m ensurepip -U --default-pip

[juliomaranhao]

Alternate solution From #5090 (comment)

YES!! This is THE fix.

[Zacharia2]

me too!!!

Installing 'python' (3.13.1) [64bit] from 'main' bucket
python-3.13.1-amd64.exe (27.4 MB) [===========================================================================] 100%
Checking hash of python-3.13.1-amd64.exe ... ok.
Running pre_install script...Get-Content : 找不到路径“D:\Software\Scoop\buckets\scoop-cn\scripts\python\install-pep-514.reg”，因为该路径不存在。
所在位置 行:11 字符: 16
+     $content = Get-Content "$bucketsdir\scoop-cn\scripts\python\$_"
+                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (D:\Software\Sco...all-pep-514.reg:String) [Get-Content], ItemNotFoundEx
   ception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetContentCommand

不能对 Null 值表达式调用方法。
所在位置 行:12 字符: 5
+     $content = $content.Replace('$py_root', $py_root)
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) []，RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

不能对 Null 值表达式调用方法。
所在位置 行:13 字符: 5
+     $content = $content.Replace('$py_version', $py_version)
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) []，RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

不能对 Null 值表达式调用方法。
所在位置 行:14 字符: 5
+     $content = $content.Replace('$py_fullversion', $version)
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) []，RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

不能对 Null 值表达式调用方法。
所在位置 行:15 字符: 5
+     $content = $content.Replace('$py_cleanVersion', $version -replace ...
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) []，RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

不能对 Null 值表达式调用方法。
所在位置 行:16 字符: 5
+     $content = $content.Replace('$py_archLabel', $py_archLabel)
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) []，RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

不能对 Null 值表达式调用方法。
所在位置 行:17 字符: 5
+     $content = $content.Replace('$py_arch', "$bit")
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) []，RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

Get-Content : 找不到路径“D:\Software\Scoop\buckets\scoop-cn\scripts\python\uninstall-pep-514.reg”，因为该路径不存在。
所在位置 行:11 字符: 16
+     $content = Get-Content "$bucketsdir\scoop-cn\scripts\python\$_"
+                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (D:\Software\Sco...all-pep-514.reg:String) [Get-Content], ItemNotFoundEx
   ception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetContentCommand

不能对 Null 值表达式调用方法。
所在位置 行:12 字符: 5
+     $content = $content.Replace('$py_root', $py_root)
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) []，RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

不能对 Null 值表达式调用方法。
所在位置 行:13 字符: 5
+     $content = $content.Replace('$py_version', $py_version)
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) []，RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

不能对 Null 值表达式调用方法。
所在位置 行:14 字符: 5
+     $content = $content.Replace('$py_fullversion', $version)
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) []，RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

不能对 Null 值表达式调用方法。
所在位置 行:15 字符: 5
+     $content = $content.Replace('$py_cleanVersion', $version -replace ...
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) []，RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

不能对 Null 值表达式调用方法。
所在位置 行:16 字符: 5
+     $content = $content.Replace('$py_archLabel', $py_archLabel)
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) []，RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

不能对 Null 值表达式调用方法。
所在位置 行:17 字符: 5
+     $content = $content.Replace('$py_arch', "$bit")
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) []，RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

done.
Running installer script...done.
Linking D:\Software\Scoop\apps\python\current => D:\Software\Scoop\apps\python\3.13.1
Creating shim for 'python3'.
Creating shim for 'idle'.
Creating shim for 'idle3'.
Adding D:\Software\Scoop\apps\python\current\Scripts to your path.
Adding D:\Software\Scoop\apps\python\current to your path.
Persisting Scripts
Persisting Lib\site-packages
Running post_install script...  WARNING: Failed to write executable - trying to use .deleteme logic
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [WinError 3] 系统找不到指定的路径。: 'D:\\Software\\Scoop\\apps\\python\\current\\Scripts\\pip.exe' -> 'D:\\Software\\Scoop\\apps\\python\\current\\Scripts\\pip.exe.deleteme'

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
  File "D:\Software\Scoop\apps\python\current\Lib\ensurepip\__main__.py", line 5, in <module>
    sys.exit(ensurepip._main())
             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "D:\Software\Scoop\apps\python\current\Lib\ensurepip\__init__.py", line 257, in _main
    return _bootstrap(
        root=args.root,
    ...<4 lines>...
        default_pip=args.default_pip,
    )
  File "D:\Software\Scoop\apps\python\current\Lib\ensurepip\__init__.py", line 172, in _bootstrap
    return _run_pip([*args, "pip"], [os.fsdecode(tmp_wheel_path)])
  File "D:\Software\Scoop\apps\python\current\Lib\ensurepip\__init__.py", line 87, in _run_pip
    return subprocess.run(cmd, check=True).returncode
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "D:\Software\Scoop\apps\python\current\Lib\subprocess.py", line 577, in run
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args,
                             output=stdout, stderr=stderr)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['D:\\Software\\Scoop\\apps\\python\\current\\python.exe', '-W', 'ignore::DeprecationWarning', '-c', '\nimport runpy\nimport sys\nsys.path = [\'C:\\\\Users\\\\Snowy\\\\AppData\\\\Local\\\\Temp\\\\tmpxi7mn18q\\\\pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl\'] + sys.path\nsys.argv[1:] = [\'install\', \'--no-cache-dir\', \'--no-index\', \'--find-links\', \'C:\\\\Users\\\\Snowy\\\\AppData\\\\Local\\\\Temp\\\\tmpxi7mn18q\', \'--upgrade\', \'pip\']\nrunpy.run_module("pip", run_name="__main__", alter_sys=True)\n']' returned non-zero exit status 1.

done.
'python' (3.13.1) was installed successfully!
Notes
-----
Allow applications and third-party installers to find python by running:
"D:\Software\Scoop\apps\python\current\install-pep-514.reg"