problems installing protlib v1.5.0

[krishnavelu]

Hello @EliAndrewC

I couldn't install the new version of protlib.
Please have a look.

[uwohlfeil]

I think the problem is related to setuptools >=58 and/or python 3.10.
By forcing the version <58 the installation works.

 pip install --upgrade pip setuptools==57.5.0

Source problem seems to be this:
pypa/setuptools#2086

Other projects fixing this problem in the following way:

• behave/behave@34ec509
• https://opendev.org/openstack/pbr/commit/242f7bd1b68428fc20a9d7f219f70a21372dd5c9

[raysalemi]

I'm also having this problem now. Is there a fix planned?

I've limited my tox install to protlib==1.4

[krishnavelu]

our issue post doesn't reach @EliAndrewC. Contact through email.

[viveksp]

same issue. With Heroku, they don't even allow downgrading setuptools.

[viveksp]

I solved this by creating a whl myself from the available tar

[mchoudhury-tpr]

How to fix the issue can someone help in step by step

[uwohlfeil]

Hi,
if you use a virtual environment it is easy.

1. Create a virtual environment in your project path python -m venv env. env is in this case the name of the virtual environment.
2. Switch with your command line into this environment

• Linux: source venv/bin/activate
• Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

4. Install the oder version of the setuptools pip install setuptools==57.5.0
5. Install all required dependencies like protlib via pip
6. IDEs like Visual Studio Code support virtual environments
   • Visual Studio Code: CTRL + SHIFT + P -> Python: Select Interpretor