DistutilsPlatformError:

[nitinr01]

Description

Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [16 lines of output]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 2, in
File "", line 34, in
File "C:\Users\Hi\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-4fgmxe40\cffi_0a2fa14dc9824f2e9822e204c8511258\setup.py", line 126, in
if sys.platform == "win32" and uses_msvc():
File "C:\Users\Hi\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-4fgmxe40\cffi_0a2fa14dc9824f2e9822e204c8511258\setup.py", line 105, in uses_msvc
return config.try_compile('#ifndef _MSC_VER\n#error "not MSVC"\n#endif')
File "C:\msys64\mingw64\lib\python3.9\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\command\config.py", line 223, in try_compile
self._compile(body, headers, include_dirs, lang)
File "C:\msys64\mingw64\lib\python3.9\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\command\config.py", line 128, in _compile
self.compiler.compile([src], include_dirs=include_dirs)
File "C:\msys64\mingw64\lib\python3.9\site-packages\setuptools_distutils_msvccompiler.py", line 361, in compile
self.initialize()
File "C:\msys64\mingw64\lib\python3.9\site-packages\setuptools_distutils_msvccompiler.py", line 234, in initialize
raise DistutilsPlatformError(
distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: --plat-name must be one of ('win32', 'win-amd64', 'win-arm32', 'win-arm64')
[end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.

F:\OnlineVoting-Django\OnlineVoting-Django>

Expected behavior

No response

pip version

22.1.2

Python version

3.9.6

OS

windows

How to Reproduce

error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [16 lines of output]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 2, in
File "", line 34, in
File "C:\Users\Hi\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-4fgmxe40\cffi_0a2fa14dc9824f2e9822e204c8511258\setup.py", line 126, in
if sys.platform == "win32" and uses_msvc():
File "C:\Users\Hi\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-4fgmxe40\cffi_0a2fa14dc9824f2e9822e204c8511258\setup.py", line 105, in uses_msvc
return config.try_compile('#ifndef _MSC_VER\n#error "not MSVC"\n#endif')
File "C:\msys64\mingw64\lib\python3.9\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\command\config.py", line 223, in try_compile
self._compile(body, headers, include_dirs, lang)
File "C:\msys64\mingw64\lib\python3.9\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\command\config.py", line 128, in _compile
self.compiler.compile([src], include_dirs=include_dirs)
File "C:\msys64\mingw64\lib\python3.9\site-packages\setuptools_distutils_msvccompiler.py", line 361, in compile
self.initialize()
File "C:\msys64\mingw64\lib\python3.9\site-packages\setuptools_distutils_msvccompiler.py", line 234, in initialize
raise DistutilsPlatformError(
distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: --plat-name must be one of ('win32', 'win-amd64', 'win-arm32', 'win-arm64')
[end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.

Output

No response

Code of Conduct

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[pfmoore]

As the output says:

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

In this case, the problem is with setuptools, and you're running on mingw64 or msys64. I believe mingw64 have their own patches (Python and setuptools don't support mingw64 by default) so you raise the issue with them in the first instance.