If setuptools is required to use the esp-idf platform, then it should be installed by installing esphome.

[nkinnan]

The problem

If setuptools is required to use the esp-idf platform, then it should be installed by installing esphome.

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources':
<... snip ...>
  File "C:\Users\nkinnan\.platformio\platforms\espressif32\builder\frameworks\espidf.py", line 29:
    import pkg_resources

resolved by pip install setuptools

platform: arduino did not require setuptools and compiled fine with default esphome install

This was the entire config, literally only this:

substitutions:
  name: "test-esp32-0x25-full"
  friendly_name: "test-esp32-0x25-full"

esphome:
  name: ${name}
  friendly_name: ${friendly_name}
  min_version: 2024.6.0
  name_add_mac_suffix: false
  project:
    name: esphome.web
    version: dev

esp32:
  board: esp32dev
  framework:
    type: esp-idf

On Windows 11 if it matters.

Which version of ESPHome has the issue?

Version: 2024.10.0

What type of installation are you using?

pip

Which version of Home Assistant has the issue?

n/a

What platform are you using?

ESP32-IDF

Board

n/a

Component causing the issue

esp32

Example YAML snippet

substitutions:
  name: "test-esp32-0x25-full"
  friendly_name: "test-esp32-0x25-full"

esphome:
  name: ${name}
  friendly_name: ${friendly_name}
  min_version: 2024.6.0
  name_add_mac_suffix: false
  project:
    name: esphome.web
    version: dev

esp32:
  board: esp32dev
  framework:
    type: esp-idf

Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources':
<... snip ...>
  File "C:\Users\nkinnan\.platformio\platforms\espressif32\builder\frameworks\espidf.py", line 29:
    import pkg_resources

Additional information

Win 11 cmd.exe: pip install esphome

I uninstalled and reinstalled esphome several times with pip. I deleted the .platformio directory several times. I deleted the .esphome directory several times. The only thing that worked was manually pip installing setuptools. Related: https://github.com/esphome/issues/issues/5766