ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'

[CharString]

We have a runtime dependency on setuptools:

circup/circup/__init__.py

Line 23 in 86ff01c

import pkg_resources

but it's not named in the install_requires

circup/setup.py

Lines 25 to 34 in 86ff01c

	install_requires = [
	"semver~=2.13",
	"Click>=8.0",
	"appdirs>=1.4.3",
	"requests>=2.22.0",
	"findimports>=2.1.0",
	# importlib_metadata is only available for 3.7, and is not needed for 3.8 and up.
	"importlib_metadata; python_version == '3.7'",
	"update_checker",
	]

Alternatively we could migrate to importlib.resources (new in Python 3.7, but a backport for 3.6 exists)
https://docs.python.org/3/library/importlib.html#module-importlib.resources

[CharString]

PS This is low priority since it isn't triggered if you use the recommended way of installing. I just bumped into it because I start projects using pdm:

$ pdm add circup
[…]
$ pdm run circup --help
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/chars/Projects/spukhaft/__pypackages__/3.7/bin/circup", line 5, in <module>
    from circup import main
  File "/home/chars/Projects/spukhaft/__pypackages__/3.7/lib/circup/__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
    import pkg_resources
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'

[askpatrickw]

@CharString, I'm not sure what PDM is, but please feel free to submit a PR and we're all happy to have a look at what the fix would be.

[putz612]

Just hit this one on a fresh install of Python 3.12 on Windows

PS C:\Users\user> circup list
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 198, in _run_module_as_main
  File "<frozen runpy>", line 88, in _run_code
  File "C:\Users\jsievert\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Scripts\circup.exe\__main__.py", line 4, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\jsievert\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\circup\__init__.py", line 23, in <module>
    import pkg_resources
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'

Running pip install setuptools fixes this issue

PS C:\Users\user> pip3 install setuptools
Collecting setuptools
  Obtaining dependency information for setuptools from https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/bb/26/7945080113158354380a12ce26873dd6c1ebd88d47f5bc24e2c5bb38c16a/setuptools-68.2.2-py3-none-any.whl.metadata
  Using cached setuptools-68.2.2-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (6.3 kB)
Using cached setuptools-68.2.2-py3-none-any.whl (807 kB)
Installing collected packages: setuptools
Successfully installed setuptools-68.2.2

PS C:\Users\user> circup list
Found device at D:\, running CircuitPython 8.2.6.
Downloading latest version for adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_Bundle.

It looks like its an undeclared runtime dependency that someone starting from scratch is going to hit. Can setuptools be added to the requirements?

[steka]

Running pip install setuptools fixes this issue

Thank you @putz612, that solved it for me too.

[dhalbert]

See #143 for a generalization of the issue here.

[ajs256]

I installed circup with pipx, as is recommended by pip when you're using a Homebrew Python, and needed to run pipx inject circup setuptools to get circup to work.

Just leaving this here for future readers.