SLES15 SP4 | python310-setuptool (setuptool == 67.6.1) doesn't package easy_install

[abhishek-das-gupta]

I am using SLES 15 SP4 EC2 instance.

I installed python3.10 on the instance and as you can the python310-setuptools is also installed.

py310-sle:~/boost_1_65_0 # sudo zypper install python310
Refreshing service 'Basesystem_Module_x86_64'.
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Refreshing service 'SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Server_x86_64'.
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The following 4 recommended packages were automatically selected:
  python310 python310-curses python310-dbm python310-pip

The following 8 NEW packages are going to be installed:
  libpython3_10-1_0 python310 python310-base python310-curses python310-dbm python310-pip python310-setuptools shared-python-startup

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py310-sle:~/boost_1_65_0 # sudo zypper install python310-devel
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Refreshing service 'Development_Tools_Module_x86_64'.
Refreshing service 'Legacy_Module_x86_64'.
Refreshing service 'Public_Cloud_Module_x86_64'.
Refreshing service 'Python_3_Module_x86_64'.
Refreshing service 'SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Server_x86_64'.
Refreshing service 'Server_Applications_Module_x86_64'.
Refreshing service 'Web_and_Scripting_Module_x86_64'.
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Retrieving package python310-devel-3.10.13-150400.4.36.1.x86_64                                                                                                                                                 (1/1), 366.2 KiB (942.9 KiB unpacked)
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However, I see that I'm unable to import easy_install

py310-sle:~ # python3.10
Python 3.10.13 (main, Sep 05 2023, 11:46:10) [GCC] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import easy_install
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'easy_install'
>>> 

I thought that easy_install usually comes with setuptools. This is the version that is installed

py310-sle:~ # pip3.10 list
Package    Version
---------- -------
pip        22.0.4
setuptools 67.6.1

I also have python3.6 interpretor running on the instance. But here the easy_install is present

py310-sle:~ # python3.6
Python 3.6.15 (default, Sep 23 2021, 15:41:43) [GCC] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import easy_install
>>> 

The reason I need easy_install is because I am building libtorrent 1.1.5's python bindings using boost 1.65.0 and python3.10.
I belive the reason I'm facing the following error during libtorrent build is becasue easy_install is not present.

Making install in python
make[2]: Entering directory '/root/libtorrent-rasterbar-1.1.5/bindings/python'
usr/bin/python3.10 ./setup.py build
make[3]: Entering directory '/root/libtorrent-rasterbar-1.1.5/bindings/python'
/usr/bin/python3.10 ./setup.py install --prefix=/root/libtorr-install
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/command/install.py:34: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setup.py install is deprecated. Use build and pip and other standards-based tools.
  warnings.warn(
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py:144: EasyInstallDeprecationWarning: easy_install command is deprecated. Use build and pip and other standards-based tools.
  warnings.warn(
TEST FAILED: /root/libtorr-install/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ does NOT support .pth files

As a result the easy_install.pth file present in the /root/libtorr-install/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ doesn't get added in the sys.path?

 ls /root/libtorr-install/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ 
easy-install.pth  python_libtorrent-1.1.5-py3.10-linux-x86_64.egg

I've built the libtorrent binding using other python version (3.8, 3.9) and I've never seen this issue.

Is this happening because easy_install is not present? If yes, When did the easy_install package stopped shipping with setuptools?
What are my options to workaround i.e how do I install it now ?

[abravalheri]

Hi @abhishek-das-gupta , easy_install has been long deprecatedl. It was removed as a top-level module since version 52 (see https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/history.html#v52-0-0).

The alternative is to use wheels with pip or editable installs with pip install -e from inside the directory that contains setup.py. If that does not work for you, you probably have to use an older version of setuptools or contact the software developers, asking them how you can install their software in your system.

[abhishek-das-gupta]

Thanks @abravalheri