Can't setup/intall Python z80 module

[CRTandKDU]

Hello, This happens when doing pip install z80 (or pip install . in the z80 directory of a cloned repo) . This is a Windows machine (Windows 10 Family edition, installed 2023) and Python 3.11.9 (tags/v3.11.9:de54cf5, Apr 2 2024, 10:12:12) [MSC v.1938 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32

C:\cygwin64\home\Moria>pip install z80
Collecting z80
  Using cached z80-1.0b3.tar.gz (49 kB)
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [28 lines of output]
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_3.11.2544.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 353, in <module>
          main()
        File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_3.11.2544.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 335, in main
          json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_3.11.2544.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 118, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
          return hook(config_settings)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\chauv\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-w1qu32jb\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 331, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
          return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=[])
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\chauv\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-w1qu32jb\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 301, in _get_build_requires
          self.run_setup()
        File "C:\Users\chauv\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-w1qu32jb\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 512, in run_setup
          super().run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
        File "C:\Users\chauv\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-w1qu32jb\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 317, in run_setup
          exec(code, locals())
        File "<string>", line 10, in <module>
        File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_3.11.2544.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\Lib\inspect.py", line 1258, in getsource
          lines, lnum = getsourcelines(object)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_3.11.2544.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\Lib\inspect.py", line 1240, in getsourcelines
          lines, lnum = findsource(object)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_3.11.2544.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\Lib\inspect.py", line 1077, in findsource
          raise OSError('could not get source code')
      OSError: could not get source code
      [end of output]

  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> See above for output.

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.

Any clue to the problem? Thanks in advance

Anton

[kosarev]

Hi Anton, did you try pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel before installing z80?

[kosarev]

I was able to reproduce this on Windows. 293200a10408daabe0513a6298ffb4fdf13d8c3f fixed it for me.