docker-compose fails due to missing `distutils` module

I encountered an issue while trying to run docker-compose using the docker-compose.dev.yaml file in the Farfalle project.

First, I ran:

docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yaml up -d

The command fails with the following traceback:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/docker-compose", line 33, in <module>
    sys.exit(load_entry_point('docker-compose==1.29.2', 'console_scripts', 'docker-compose')())
  File "/usr/bin/docker-compose", line 25, in importlib_load_entry_point
    return next(matches).load()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 205, in load
    module = import_module(match.group('module'))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/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 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
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/compose/cli/main.py", line 9, in <module>
    from distutils.spawn import find_executable
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

I attempted to install distutils:

   sudo apt-get install python3-distutils

However, this package was not available:

   Package python3-distutils is not available, but is referred to by another package.
   This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
   is only available from another source

   E: Package 'python3-distutils' has no installation candidate

I searched online and it looks like this packaged is deprecated/possibly removed in 3.12.

Could my use of Python 3.12 be causing any compatibility issues? If so, which version should I be running? Are there additional setup steps or dependencies I might be missing? I'm running Ubuntu 23.04 if that makes a difference. I saw the thread in /r/selfhosted and many voicing support for a container. If you have the time to put one together, I would love one!

I was running this on one of my computers with other containers that could be causes conflict. I could spin up a VM, but I'm curious what the dependencies are?

rashadphz / farfalle

docker-compose fails due to missing `distutils` module #32