BUG: During the last step of the installation process: "pip install ifermi"

[96mat]

I was trying to install Ifermi in the conda environment (ubuntu 22.04.4), but the step "pip install Ifermi" is giving these errors:

"error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.

│ exit code: 1

╰─> [33 lines of output]

  Traceback (most recent call last):

    File "/home/matteo/anaconda3/envs/ifermi/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 353, in <module>

      main()

    File "/home/matteo/anaconda3/envs/ifermi/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 335, in main

      json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])

                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    File "/home/matteo/anaconda3/envs/ifermi/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 112, in get_requires_for_build_wheel

      backend = _build_backend()

                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    File "/home/matteo/anaconda3/envs/ifermi/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 77, in _build_backend

      obj = import_module(mod_path)

            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    File "/home/matteo/anaconda3/envs/ifermi/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 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

    File "/tmp/pip-build-env-i11hsye6/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 16, in <module>

      import setuptools.version

    File "/tmp/pip-build-env-i11hsye6/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/version.py", line 1, in <module>

      import pkg_resources

    File "/tmp/pip-build-env-i11hsye6/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2172, in <module>

      register_finder(pkgutil.ImpImporter, find_on_path)

                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

  AttributeError: module 'pkgutil' has no attribute 'ImpImporter'. Did you mean: 'zipimporter'?

  [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."

[utf]

Hi @96mat, Ifermi has not been tested with Python 3.12. Can you try with Python 3.11 instead?