Cannot install no module named distutils

[Ireheart]

Cannot install no moddule named distutils on windows, distutils is not on pip either but numpy requires it

[Ireheart]

Not mentioned anywhere but the PEP website, but it was depreciated and is now inside setuptools instead, still, numpy failed again with new errors.

pip install numpy
Collecting numpy
Using cached numpy-1.24.3.tar.gz (10.9 MB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... error
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 "C:\Users\balis\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 353, in
main()
File "C:\Users\balis\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 335, in main
json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 112, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
backend = _build_backend()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 77, in build_backend
obj = import_module(mod_path)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\Lib\importlib_init.py", line 90, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "", line 1293, in _gcd_import
File "", line 1266, in _find_and_load
File "", line 1216, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 400, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "", line 1293, in _gcd_import
File "", line 1266, in _find_and_load
File "", line 1237, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 841, in load_unlocked
File "", line 994, in exec_module
File "", line 400, in call_with_frames_removed
File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-atelrrmm\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_init.py", line 16, in
import setuptools.version
File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-atelrrmm\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\version.py", line 1, in
import pkg_resources
File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-atelrrmm\overlay\Lib\site-packages\pkg_resources_init.py", line 2172, in
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.

[rgommers]

@Ireheart please see numpy/numpy#23808 (comment) for how to install numpy for Python 3.12 betas right now.