[BUG] install_gs.sh failing: canonicalize_version() got an unexpected keyword argument 'strip_trailing_zero'

[StephenCarlson]

Describe the bug I'm following the instruction for the Ubuntu Ground Station, everything is working up to sudo ./scripts/install_gs.sh <my_specific_wifi_alias_here>. This is the error I'm getting:

virtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python3 /home/steve/dev/wfb-ng/env
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/virtualenv", line 5, in <module>
    from virtualenv.__main__ import run_with_catch
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
    from .run import cli_run, session_via_cli
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/run/__init__.py", line 14, in <module>
    from .plugin.creators import CreatorSelector
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/run/plugin/creators.py", line 6, in <module>
    from virtualenv.create.via_global_ref.builtin.builtin_way import VirtualenvBuiltin
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/builtin/builtin_way.py", line 7, in <module>
    from virtualenv.create.creator import Creator
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/create/creator.py", line 15, in <module>
    from virtualenv.discovery.cached_py_info import LogCmd
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/discovery/cached_py_info.py", line 23, in <module>
    _CACHE[Path(sys.executable)] = PythonInfo()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/discovery/py_info.py", line 86, in __init__
    self.distutils_install = {u(k): u(v) for k, v in self._distutils_install().items()}
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv/discovery/py_info.py", line 161, in _distutils_install
    i.finalize_options()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/setuptools/command/install.py", line 67, in finalize_options
    super().finalize_options()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/setuptools/_distutils/command/install.py", line 408, in finalize_options
    'dist_fullname': self.distribution.get_fullname(),
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/setuptools/_core_metadata.py", line 267, in get_fullname
    return _distribution_fullname(self.get_name(), self.get_version())
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/setuptools/_core_metadata.py", line 285, in _distribution_fullname
    canonicalize_version(version, strip_trailing_zero=False),
TypeError: canonicalize_version() got an unexpected keyword argument 'strip_trailing_zero'

To Reproduce

• From an Ubuntu 22.04 LTS install, follow the normal installation procedure per the README.md: https://github.com/svpcom/wfb-ng?tab=readme-ov-file#quick-start-using-debian-or-ubuntu-ground-station
• I've tried various means to fix the issue, such as python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools, or downgrading the setuptools package via python -m pip install setuptools==70.3.0. No other steps attempted except sudo make clean between attempts at executing sudo ./scripts/install_gs.sh wlx00c0cab3e254
• I have also tried different versions of the project, with git checkout master, git checkout stable, or other specific releases, with appropriate git reset --hard HEAD or equivalent commands to clean the repo state.

Expected behavior Normal installation per the README.md instructions.

Your setup (please complete the following information):

• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• x86
• WiFi card not relevant in this case, but 8812au if this must be relevant
• WiFi drivers from https://github.com/svpcom/rtl8812au.git

Additional configuration notes: Python 3.10.12 pip 24.2 from /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/pip (python 3.10) Python setuptools version 70.3.0, downgraded from 75.1.0 (I've tried both, downgrading does nothing to correct the issue)

Additional context I've found the following hints as to why things are breaking, it seems they have changed the behavior by design: https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/4483 https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/4496

Also, I've found this closed issue from a few weeks ago, for a similar issue with the build system: https://github.com/svpcom/wfb-ng/issues/349

Confirm you read

• [X] https://github.com/svpcom/wfb-ng/blob/master/README.md
• [X] https://github.com/svpcom/wfb-ng/wiki/Setup-HOWTO

[svpcom]

What version of wfb-ng do you use? Becase latest wfb-ng doesn't have virtualenv --python=... in the Makefile. It now have python3 -m virtualenv ...

[svpcom]

And it build successfully on ubuntu-22.04: https://github.com/svpcom/wfb-ng/actions/runs/11059494849

[StephenCarlson]

@svpcom I tried compiling on stable, master and the current release. Here is what I ended up doing: I went to the source file that was causing the issue, /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/setuptools/_core_metadata.py, and I commented out the offending line and saved with canonicalize_version(version), . This is absolutely terrible and is not the correct way to solve the issue on my side, but at least I got it to compile the package and it continued to finish, and I've been playing with the working system since. I hope this isn't just my Ubuntu 22 environment; has anyone else run into this? On a side note, I just about trashed my Ubuntu install by installing Python 3.12 and then trying the update-alternatives mechanism to modify the default python instance, to great disaster, but I was able to revert back.

[svpcom]

@StephenCarlson It seems that after installing Python 3.12 your python ecosystem became completely broken. Try to build in the clean environment (for example in docker)

[StephenCarlson]

@svpcom Indeed, but please be advised, it was not working on 3.10, prior to my tampering with installing other Python versions. The Ubuntu 22.04 install was fairly fresh; I don't think I had broken the Python libraries prior. I'll report here if I can reproduce the issue on a clean OS install or separate machine, hopefully if this is a reproducible bug, others will find this and report, perhaps I am just the first to report here?