OpenVino development tools not getting installed, throwing , No module named 'distutils'.

[amaancoder]

I am using python version - 3.12.1 for windows, I am trying to install openvino Development tools using this command - pip install openvino-dev , also I have installed systemtools, despite installing it I am getting this error.

pip install openvino-dev
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Collecting openvino-dev
Using cached openvino_dev-2023.2.0-13089-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (17 kB)
Collecting addict>=2.4.0 (from openvino-dev)
Using cached addict-2.4.0-py3-none-any.whl (3.8 kB)
Collecting defusedxml>=0.7.1 (from openvino-dev)
Using cached defusedxml-0.7.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (25 kB)
Collecting jstyleson>=0.0.2 (from openvino-dev)
Using cached jstyleson-0.0.2.tar.gz (2.0 kB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Collecting networkx<=3.1 (from openvino-dev)
Using cached networkx-3.1-py3-none-any.whl (2.1 MB)
Requirement already satisfied: numpy>=1.16.6 in c:\users\amaan\appdata\roaming\python\python312\site-packages (from openvino-dev) (1.26.3)
Collecting opencv-python (from openvino-dev)
Using cached opencv_python-4.9.0.80-cp37-abi3-win_amd64.whl.metadata (20 kB)
Collecting openvino-telemetry>=2022.1.0 (from openvino-dev)
Using cached openvino_telemetry-2023.2.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (2.3 kB)
Collecting pillow>=8.1.2 (from openvino-dev)
Using cached pillow-10.2.0-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl.metadata (9.9 kB)
Collecting pyyaml>=5.4.1 (from openvino-dev)
Using cached PyYAML-6.0.1-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl.metadata (2.1 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: requests>=2.25.1 in c:\users\amaan\appdata\roaming\python\python312\site-packages (from openvino-dev) (2.31.0)
Collecting scipy>=1.8 (from openvino-dev)
Using cached scipy-1.11.4-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl.metadata (60 kB)
Collecting texttable>=1.6.3 (from openvino-dev)
Using cached texttable-1.7.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl.metadata (9.8 kB)
Collecting tqdm>=4.54.1 (from openvino-dev)
Using cached tqdm-4.66.1-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (57 kB)
INFO: pip is looking at multiple versions of openvino-dev to determine which version is compatible with other requirements. This could take a while.
Collecting openvino-dev
Using cached openvino_dev-2023.1.0-12185-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (17 kB)
Using cached openvino_dev-2023.0.2-11065-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (17 kB)
Collecting networkx<=2.8.8 (from openvino-dev)
Using cached networkx-2.8.8-py3-none-any.whl (2.0 MB)
Collecting openvino-dev
Using cached openvino_dev-2023.0.1-11005-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (17 kB)
Using cached openvino_dev-2023.0.0-10927-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (17 kB)
Using cached openvino_dev-2022.3.1-9227-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (18 kB)
Collecting numpy<1.25.0,>=1.16.6 (from openvino-dev)
Using cached numpy-1.24.4.tar.gz (10.9 MB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_internal\cli\base_command.py", line 180, in exc_logging_wrapper
status = run_func(*args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_internal\cli\req_command.py", line 245, in wrapper
return func(self, options, args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_internal\commands\install.py", line 377, in run
requirement_set = resolver.resolve(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\resolver.py", line 95, in resolve
result = self._result = resolver.resolve(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 546, in resolve
state = resolution.resolve(requirements, max_rounds=max_rounds)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 427, in resolve
failure_causes = self._attempt_to_pin_criterion(name)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 239, in _attempt_to_pin_criterion
criteria = self._get_updated_criteria(candidate)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 230, in _get_updated_criteria
self._add_to_criteria(criteria, requirement, parent=candidate)
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py", line 173, in _add_to_criteria
if not criterion.candidates:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_vendor\resolvelib\structs.py", line 156, in bool
return bool(self._sequence)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found_candidates.py", line 155, in bool
return any(self)
^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found_candidates.py", line 143, in
return (c for c in iterator if id(c) not in self._incompatible_ids)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found_candidates.py", line 47, in _iter_built
candidate = func()
^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\factory.py", line 182, in _make_candidate_from_link
base: Optional[BaseCandidate] = self._make_base_candidate_from_link(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\factory.py", line 228, in _make_base_candidate_from_link
self._link_candidate_cache[link] = LinkCandidate(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 293, in init
super().init(
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 156, in init
self.dist = self._prepare()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 225, in _prepare
dist = self._prepare_distribution()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py", line 304, in _prepare_distribution
return preparer.prepare_linked_requirement(self._ireq, parallel_builds=True)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_internal\operations\prepare.py", line 525, in prepare_linked_requirement
return self._prepare_linked_requirement(req, parallel_builds)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_internal\operations\prepare.py", line 640, in _prepare_linked_requirement
dist = _get_prepared_distribution(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_internal\operations\prepare.py", line 71, in _get_prepared_distribution
abstract_dist.prepare_distribution_metadata(
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_internal\distributions\sdist.py", line 54, in prepare_distribution_metadata
self._install_build_reqs(finder)
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_internal\distributions\sdist.py", line 124, in _install_build_reqs
build_reqs = self._get_build_requires_wheel()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_internal\distributions\sdist.py", line 101, in _get_build_requires_wheel
return backend.get_requires_for_build_wheel()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_internal\utils\misc.py", line 751, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return super().get_requires_for_build_wheel(config_settings=cs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_impl.py", line 166, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return self._call_hook('get_requires_for_build_wheel', {
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_impl.py", line 321, in _call_hook
raise BackendUnavailable(data.get('traceback', ''))
pip._vendor.pyproject_hooks._impl.BackendUnavailable: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python312\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 77, in build_backend
obj = import_module(mod_path)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\Python312\Lib\importlib_init.py", line 90, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "", line 1387, in _gcd_import
File "", line 1360, in _find_and_load
File "", line 1310, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "", line 1387, in _gcd_import
File "", line 1360, in _find_and_load
File "", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 935, in _load_unlocked
File "", line 994, in exec_module
File "", line 488, in call_with_frames_removed
File "C:\Users\amaan\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-aug7ye8l\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_init.py", line 10, in
import distutils.core
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

[Wovchena]

3.12 isn't supported: https://docs.openvino.ai/2023.2/openvino_docs_install_guides_install_dev_tools.html Downgrading to 3.11 should help

[Siddharth-Latthe-07]

@amaancoder To fix this issue, you need to install the distutils module. Since you're using Python 3.12, the recommended way to install distutils is by using the ensurepip module, which is included with Python.
You may try out these steps and do let me know, if it works

1. python -m ensurepip --upgrade to install setuptools which includes disutils
2. then install openvino-dev through:- pip install openvino-dev
   let me know, if it works
   thanks