Error "No module named 'setuptools.extern.six'" while trying to install OpenHands

Question

Help me to fix this issue i am on windows and iam trying to running locally with out docker or wsl

pip install openhands
Collecting openhands
 Using cached OpenHands-0.1.4.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (2.4 kB)
Collecting numpy==1.19.5 (from openhands)
 Using cached numpy-1.19.5.zip (7.3 MB)
 Installing build dependencies ... done
 Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
[notice] A new release of pip is available: 24.2 -> 24.3.1
[notice] To update, run: python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip
ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\base_command.py", line 105, in _run_wrapper 
 status = _inner_run()
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\base_command.py", line 96, in _inner_run 
 return self.run(options, args)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\req_command.py", line 67, in wrapper
 return func(self, options, args)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\commands\install.py", line 379, in run
 requirement_set = resolver.resolve(
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\resolver.py", line 95, in resolve
 result = self._result = resolver.resolve(
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 546, in resolve 
 state = resolution.resolve(requirements, max_rounds=max_rounds)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 427, in resolve 
 failure_causes = self._attempt_to_pin_criterion(name)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 239, in _attempt_to_pin_criterion
 criteria = self._get_updated_criteria(candidate)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 230, in _get_updated_criteria
 self._add_to_criteria(criteria, requirement, parent=candidate)
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 173, in _add_to_criteria
 if not criterion.candidates:
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\structs.py", line 156, in __bool__ 
 return bool(self._sequence)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found_candidates.py", line 174, in __bool__
 return any(self)
 ^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found_candidates.py", line 162, in <genexpr>
 return (c for c in iterator if id(c) not in self._incompatible_ids)
 ^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found_candidates.py", line 53, in _iter_built
 candidate = func()
 ^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\factory.py", line 186, in _make_candidate_from_link
 base: Optional[BaseCandidate] = self._make_base_candidate_from_link(
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\factory.py", line 232, in _make_base_candidate_from_link
 self._link_candidate_cache[link] = LinkCandidate(
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 303, in __init__
 super().__init__(
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 158, in __init__
 self.dist = self._prepare()
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 235, in _prepare
 dist = self._prepare_distribution()
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 314, in _prepare_distribution
 return preparer.prepare_linked_requirement(self._ireq, parallel_builds=True)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\operations\prepare.py", line 527, in prepare_linked_requirement
 return self._prepare_linked_requirement(req, parallel_builds)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\operations\prepare.py", line 642, in _prepare_linked_requirement
 dist = _get_prepared_distribution(
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\operations\prepare.py", line 72, in _get_prepared_distribution
 abstract_dist.prepare_distribution_metadata(
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\distributions\sdist.py", line 56, in prepare_distribution_metadata
 self._install_build_reqs(finder)
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\distributions\sdist.py", line 126, in _install_build_reqs
 build_reqs = self._get_build_requires_wheel()
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\distributions\sdist.py", line 103, in _get_build_requires_wheel
 return backend.get_requires_for_build_wheel()
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\utils\misc.py", line 706, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
 return super().get_requires_for_build_wheel(config_settings=cs)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\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 "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\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 "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 77, in _build_backend
 obj = import_module(mod_path)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Program Files\Python312\Lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 90, in import_module
 return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1310, in _find_and_load_unlocked
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 995, in exec_module
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
\setuptools\__init__.py", line 18, in <module>
 from setuptools.extern.six import PY3, string_types 
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'setuptools.extern.six'

initially i used setuptools ==75 and i have seen an solution and apply pip install --upgrade "setuptools < 36"

now it cause different issue

pip install openhands
Collecting openhands
 Using cached OpenHands-0.1.4.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (2.4 kB)
Collecting numpy==1.19.5 (from openhands)
 Using cached numpy-1.19.5.zip (7.3 MB)
 Installing build dependencies ... done
 Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\base_command.py", line 105, in _run_wrapper 
 status = _inner_run() 
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\base_command.py", line 96, in _inner_run 
 return self.run(options, args)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\req_command.py", line 67, in wrapper
 return func(self, options, args)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\commands\install.py", line 379, in run
 requirement_set = resolver.resolve(
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\resolver.py", line 95, in resolve
 result = self._result = resolver.resolve(
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 546, in resolve 
 state = resolution.resolve(requirements, max_rounds=max_rounds)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 427, in resolve 
 failure_causes = self._attempt_to_pin_criterion(name) 
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 239, in _attempt_to_pin_criterion
 criteria = self._get_updated_criteria(candidate) 
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 230, in _get_updated_criteria
 self._add_to_criteria(criteria, requirement, parent=candidate)
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 173, in _add_to_criteria
 if not criterion.candidates:
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\resolvelib\structs.py", line 156, in __bool__
 return bool(self._sequence)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found_candidates.py", line 174, in __bool__
 return any(self)
 ^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found_candidates.py", line 162, in <genexpr>
 return (c for c in iterator if id(c) not in self._incompatible_ids)
 ^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found_candidates.py", line 53, in _iter_built
 candidate = func() 
 ^^^^^^ 
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\factory.py", line 187, in _make_candidate_from_link
 base: Optional[BaseCandidate] = self._make_base_candidate_from_link(
 
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\factory.py", line 233, in _make_base_candidate_from_link 
 self._link_candidate_cache[link] = LinkCandidate( 
 
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 304, in __init__
 super().__init__(
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 159, in __init__
 self.dist = self._prepare()
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 236, in _prepare
 dist = self._prepare_distribution()
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 315, in _prepare_distribution
 return preparer.prepare_linked_requirement(self._ireq, parallel_builds=True)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\operations\prepare.py", line 527, in prepare_linked_requirement
 return self._prepare_linked_requirement(req, parallel_builds)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\operations\prepare.py", line 642, in _prepare_linked_requirement
 dist = _get_prepared_distribution(
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\operations\prepare.py", line 72, in _get_prepared_distribution
 abstract_dist.prepare_distribution_metadata(
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\distributions\sdist.py", line 56, in prepare_distribution_metadata
 self._install_build_reqs(finder)
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\distributions\sdist.py", line 126, in _install_build_reqs
 build_reqs = self._get_build_requires_wheel()
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\distributions\sdist.py", line 103, in _get_build_requires_wheel
 return backend.get_requires_for_build_wheel()
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\utils\misc.py", line 701, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
 return super().get_requires_for_build_wheel(config_settings=cs)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\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 "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\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 "E:\OpenHands-0.20.0\ohagent\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 77, in _build_backend
 obj = import_module(mod_path)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "C:\Program Files\Python312\Lib\importlib\__init__.py", line 90, in import_module 
 return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1310, in _find_and_load_unlocked
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
 File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
ith_frames_removed
 File "C:\Users\cmjot\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-tbo3v279\overlay\Lib\site-packagesith_frames_removed
 File "C:\Users\cmjot\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-tbo3v279\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 9, in <module>
 import distutils.core 
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

thanks for helping me to fix this issue in advance

i need to download the openhands package for my project but it cause error while installing sow i want a solution that fix the above issues

Answer 1

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'setuptools.extern.six'

OpenHands 0.1.4.1 requires numpy 1.19.5 which is compatible with Pythons up to 3.9.

The 2nd error

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

is about the same: distutils was dropped in Python 3.12.

The bottom line is: try older Python. Try Python 3.11 or even 3.9.

• Jothi Ram: thanks, but in python3.9.11 i am getting this issue ERROR: Cannot install openhands==0.1, openhands==0.1.1, openhands==0.1.2, openhands==0.1.3, openhands==0.1.4 and openhands==0.1.4.1 because these package versions have conflicting dependencies. The conflict is caused by: openhands 0.1.4.1 depends on omegaconf==2.1.0 openhands 0.1.4 depends on omegaconf==2.1.0 openhands 0.1.3 depends on omegaconf==2.1.0 openhands 0.1 depends on omegaconf==2.1.0
• phd: @JothiRam The real error is "Ignoring version 2.1.0 of omegaconf since it has invalid metadata". The problem reported in 2023: github.com/AI4Bharat/OpenHands/issues/46 , still open. The package seems to be buggy and not maintained.
• Jothi Ram: then How can I install this package. this package is mandatory for my project help
• phd: @JothiRam Try to install from source repo: pip install git+https://github.com/AI4Bharat/OpenHands.git
• Jothi Ram: thank you so much, but this package doesn't have the required files