Installing dotbot via python fails

[Phreno]

Windows

x Get-ComputerInfo

WindowsBuildLabEx                                       : 17763.1.amd64fre.rs5_release.180914-1434
WindowsCurrentVersion                                   : 6.3
WindowsEditionId                                        : EnterpriseS
WindowsInstallationType                                 : Client
WindowsInstallDateFromRegistry                          : 22/04/2021 04:16:21
WindowsProductId                                        : 00425-00000-00002-AA741
WindowsProductName                                      : Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2019
WindowsSystemRoot                                       : C:\windows
WindowsVersion                                          : 1809

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LogonServer                                             : \\CDC-130
PowerPlatformRole                                       : Mobile
DeviceGuardSmartStatus                                  : Off

Python

> python --version
Python 3.11.4

Error

x pip install dotbot
Collecting dotbot
  Obtaining dependency information for dotbot from https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a5/86/6ba549731c1b571c93fdab932cbf22215c5af9e3e967b927f15cbad25fa4/dotbot-1.19.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl.metadata
  Using cached dotbot-1.19.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl.metadata (18 kB)
Collecting PyYAML<6,>=5.3 (from dotbot)
  Using cached PyYAML-5.4.1.tar.gz (175 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
  ╰─> [68 lines of output]
      C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-cpnicndk\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\config\setupcfg.py:293: _DeprecatedConfig: Deprecated config in `setup.cfg`
      !!

              ********************************************************************************
              The license_file parameter is deprecated, use license_files instead.

              By 2023-Oct-30, you need to update your project and remove deprecated calls
              or your builds will no longer be supported.

              See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/declarative_config.html for details.
              ********************************************************************************

      !!
        parsed = self.parsers.get(option_name, lambda x: x)(value)
      running egg_info
      writing lib3\PyYAML.egg-info\PKG-INFO
      writing dependency_links to lib3\PyYAML.egg-info\dependency_links.txt
      writing top-level names to lib3\PyYAML.egg-info\top_level.txt
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 353, in <module>
          main()
        File "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\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:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\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\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-cpnicndk\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 355, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
          return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=['wheel'])
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-cpnicndk\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 325, in _get_build_requires
          self.run_setup()
        File "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-cpnicndk\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 341, in run_setup
          exec(code, locals())
        File "<string>", line 271, in <module>
        File "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-cpnicndk\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 107, in setup
          return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-cpnicndk\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\core.py", line 185, in setup
          return run_commands(dist)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-cpnicndk\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\core.py", line 201, in run_commands
          dist.run_commands()
        File "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-cpnicndk\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\dist.py", line 969, in run_commands
          self.run_command(cmd)
        File "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-cpnicndk\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 1233, in run_command
          super().run_command(command)
        File "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-cpnicndk\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\dist.py", line 988, in run_command
          cmd_obj.run()
        File "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-cpnicndk\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\egg_info.py", line 319, in run
          self.find_sources()
        File "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-cpnicndk\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\egg_info.py", line 327, in find_sources
          mm.run()
        File "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-cpnicndk\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\egg_info.py", line 549, in run
          self.add_defaults()
        File "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-cpnicndk\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\egg_info.py", line 587, in add_defaults
          sdist.add_defaults(self)
        File "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-cpnicndk\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\sdist.py", line 113, in add_defaults
          super().add_defaults()
        File "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-cpnicndk\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\command\sdist.py", line 251, in add_defaults
          self._add_defaults_ext()
        File "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-cpnicndk\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\command\sdist.py", line 336, in _add_defaults_ext
          self.filelist.extend(build_ext.get_source_files())
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "<string>", line 201, in get_source_files
        File "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-cpnicndk\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\cmd.py", line 107, in __getattr__
          raise AttributeError(attr)
      AttributeError: cython_sources
      [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.

Looks similar to this issue

https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues/724

I'm not very familiar with python, but have tried with different version of python and version of pyyaml without success.

[jcrben]

Not sure what is going on here, but I was able to get it to install via this command using pipx based upon this solution https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues/601#issuecomment-1693730229:

pipx install "--pip-args=-c constraints.txt --no-build-isolation" dotbot

Paired with this constraints.txt file:

pyyaml==5.4.1
dotbot==1.19.1
Cython==0.29.36

[Phreno]

Works like a charm, just had to install pipx. Thanks.

[jcrben]

@Phreno can we reopen this until it's fixed in a better way? This workaround isn't documented

[vastbluesky]

I was able to get it to install [...] with this constraints.txt file:

pyyaml==5.4.1
dotbot==1.19.1
Cython==0.29.36

Thanks, that worked for me! It may be advisable to pin the exact versions as above, but FYI the following constraints file also worked:

pyyaml<6.0
Cython<3.0

[anishathalye]

Forgot to comment when I reopened. Haven't investigated closely but I think this is related to https://github.com/anishathalye/dotbot/pull/340. I want to keep this open and double-check that it's been fixed once #340 and related issues are addressed (which I will do as soon as I have some free time, perhaps next weekend).

[anishathalye]

Fixed in the latest release of Dotbot (1.20.0). Please let me know if you're still running into issues.