Pip install Soundcloud issue on Windows despite pip, setuptools are up to date

Question

I am working on a Windows computer on which I would like to install the soundcloud library.

My current setup:

C:\Users\gmeun\Desktop\ProjetsPython\soundcloud>pip list
Package    Version
---------- -------
ez-setup   0.9
pip        23.2.1
setuptools 68.0.0
wheel      0.41.0

My Python version:

C:\Users\gmeun\Desktop\ProjetsPython\soundcloud>python
Python 3.11.4 (tags/v3.11.4:d2340ef, Jun  7 2023, 05:45:37) [MSC v.1934 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32

When I try to install the soundcloud package I got:

C:\Users\gmeun\Desktop\ProjetsPython\soundcloud>pip install soundcloud
Collecting soundcloud
  Using cached soundcloud-0.5.0.tar.gz (10 kB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done
Collecting fudge>=1.0.3 (from soundcloud)
  Using cached fudge-1.1.1.tar.gz (87 kB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [1 lines of output]
      error in fudge setup command: use_2to3 is invalid.
      [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.

The python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully seems to be due to a potential out dated pip or setuptools or ez-setup not installed; so I tried to update everyting but I am already pointing to the last versions available...

As Fudge seems to be also used, I tried to pip install fudge and I got the same python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully error...

C:\Users\gmeun\Desktop\ProjetsPython\soundcloud>pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
Requirement already satisfied: pip in c:\users\gmeun\appdata\local\packages\pythonsoftwarefoundation.python.3.11_qbz5n2kfra8p0\localcache\local-packages\python311\site-packages (23.2.1)
Requirement already satisfied: setuptools in c:\users\gmeun\appdata\local\packages\pythonsoftwarefoundation.python.3.11_qbz5n2kfra8p0\localcache\local-packages\python311\site-packages (68.0.0)

and when I try to upgrade fudge:

C:\Users\gmeun\Desktop\ProjetsPython\soundcloud>pip install --upgrade fudge
Collecting fudge
  Using cached fudge-1.1.1.tar.gz (87 kB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [1 lines of output]
      error in fudge setup command: use_2to3 is invalid.
      [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.

what is wrong with my setup? FYI, I am not using any VM nor virtual env

Answer 1

it seems you got some compatibility issues with your python version and soundcloud package. try upgrading pip, setuptools and fudge then install souncloud again

pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
pip install --upgrade fudge
pip install soundcloud

hope it helps

Answer 2

I had the same error. After downgrading to 57.4.0, it worked fine.

Try it out:

pip install --upgrade setuptools==57.4.0

pip install soundcloud

Hope this helps!