Troubles installing the attrici package with python 3.13

[SimonTreu]

I tried to install the attrici package locally on my laptop in a new mamba environment which uses python=3.13.

mamba create -n attrici python
mamba activate attrici
pip install -e .

I got the error message below. I could fix the issue by downgrading to python=3.12. I think this should be documented somewhere or in the best case be a fixed dependency such that an out of the box installation works.

(attrici) ➜  attrici git:(develop) pip install -e .
Obtaining file:///home/sitreu/Projects/attrici
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Checking if build backend supports build_editable ... done
  Getting requirements to build editable ... done
  Preparing editable metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Collecting dask (from attrici==1.1.1.dev119+g92be55f)
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Collecting func_timeout (from attrici==1.1.1.dev119+g92be55f)
  Downloading func_timeout-4.3.5.tar.gz (44 kB)
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
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Collecting python-dateutil>=2.8.2 (from pandas->attrici==1.1.1.dev119+g92be55f)
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Collecting tzdata>=2022.7 (from pandas->attrici==1.1.1.dev119+g92be55f)
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INFO: pip is looking at multiple versions of pymc to determine which version is compatible with other requirements. This could take a while.
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INFO: pip is still looking at multiple versions of pymc to determine which version is compatible with other requirements. This could take a while.
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INFO: This is taking longer than usual. You might need to provide the dependency resolver with stricter constraints to reduce runtime. See https://pip.pypa.io/warnings/backtracking for guidance. If you want to abort this run, press Ctrl + C.
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Collecting pytensor<2.18,>=2.17.0 (from pymc->attrici==1.1.1.dev119+g92be55f)
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  Installing build dependencies ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error
  
  × pip subprocess to install build dependencies did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 2
  ╰─> [139 lines of output]
      Collecting setuptools>=48.0.0
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        Installing build dependencies: started
        Installing build dependencies: finished with status 'done'
        Getting requirements to build wheel: started
        Getting requirements to build wheel: finished with status 'done'
      ERROR: Exception:
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py", line 105, in _run_wrapper
          status = _inner_run()
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py", line 96, in _inner_run
          return self.run(options, args)
                 ~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/req_command.py", line 67, in wrapper
          return func(self, options, args)
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/commands/install.py", line 379, in run
          requirement_set = resolver.resolve(
              reqs, check_supported_wheels=not options.target_dir
          )
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/resolver.py", line 95, in resolve
          result = self._result = resolver.resolve(
                                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
              collected.requirements, max_rounds=limit_how_complex_resolution_can_be
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
          )
          ^
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_vendor/resolvelib/resolvers.py", line 546, in resolve
          state = resolution.resolve(requirements, max_rounds=max_rounds)
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_vendor/resolvelib/resolvers.py", line 397, in resolve
          self._add_to_criteria(self.state.criteria, r, parent=None)
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_vendor/resolvelib/resolvers.py", line 173, in _add_to_criteria
          if not criterion.candidates:
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_vendor/resolvelib/structs.py", line 156, in __bool__
          return bool(self._sequence)
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/found_candidates.py", line 174, in __bool__
          return any(self)
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/found_candidates.py", line 162, in <genexpr>
          return (c for c in iterator if id(c) not in self._incompatible_ids)
                             ^^^^^^^^
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/found_candidates.py", line 53, in _iter_built
          candidate = func()
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/factory.py", line 187, in _make_candidate_from_link
          base: Optional[BaseCandidate] = self._make_base_candidate_from_link(
                                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
              link, template, name, version
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
          )
          ^
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/factory.py", line 233, in _make_base_candidate_from_link
          self._link_candidate_cache[link] = LinkCandidate(
                                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
              link,
              ^^^^^
          ...<3 lines>...
              version=version,
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
          )
          ^
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py", line 304, in __init__
          super().__init__(
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
              link=link,
              ^^^^^^^^^^
          ...<4 lines>...
              version=version,
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
          )
          ^
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py", line 159, in __init__
          self.dist = self._prepare()
                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py", line 236, in _prepare
          dist = self._prepare_distribution()
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py", line 315, in _prepare_distribution
          return preparer.prepare_linked_requirement(self._ireq, parallel_builds=True)
                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/prepare.py", line 527, in prepare_linked_requirement
          return self._prepare_linked_requirement(req, parallel_builds)
                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/prepare.py", line 642, in _prepare_linked_requirement
          dist = _get_prepared_distribution(
              req,
          ...<3 lines>...
              self.check_build_deps,
          )
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/prepare.py", line 72, in _get_prepared_distribution
          abstract_dist.prepare_distribution_metadata(
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
              finder, build_isolation, check_build_deps
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
          )
          ^
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/distributions/sdist.py", line 56, in prepare_distribution_metadata
          self._install_build_reqs(finder)
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/distributions/sdist.py", line 126, in _install_build_reqs
          build_reqs = self._get_build_requires_wheel()
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/distributions/sdist.py", line 103, in _get_build_requires_wheel
          return backend.get_requires_for_build_wheel()
                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/misc.py", line 701, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
          return super().get_requires_for_build_wheel(config_settings=cs)
                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/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', {
                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
              'config_settings': config_settings
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
          })
          ^^
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/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 "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 77, in _build_backend
          obj = import_module(mod_path)
        File "/home/sitreu/miniforge3/envs/attrici/lib/python3.13/importlib/__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
          return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
        File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
        File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1310, in _find_and_load_unlocked
        File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
        File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
        File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
        File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
        File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 935, in _load_unlocked
        File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 1026, in exec_module
        File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
        File "/tmp/pip-build-env-nz9bf9nj/overlay/lib/python3.13/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 10, in <module>
          import distutils.core
      ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'
      
      [end of output]
  
  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× pip subprocess to install build dependencies did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 2
╰─> See above for output.

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

[rgieseke]

Sorry about that, in #116 we pin to <3.13. Feel free to merge :)

We also just discussed whether we should make Python 3.10 or 3.11 the lowest requirement, any thoughts on that?
(Python 3.10 is only officially supported until October.)

[rgieseke]

For context, PyMC5 is currently not yet compatible with 3.13: pymc-devs/pymc#7551

[rgieseke]

Fixed in #116