Trying to install just meets with failure from setup tools

[Nniol]

Overview
Unable to install.
I have removed all python packages from my computer, created a new venv

Even if as shown I use an older version of setuptools I till get the same error

python -m venv fm_aiortc
.\fm_aiortc\Scripts\activate
pip install ibm_watson

(fm_aiortc) PS C:\Work\GitHubRepo\WatsonX\pilots\FM\orchestration-layer\airotc> pip list
Package    Version
---------- -------
pip        24.2
setuptools 71.0.0
wheel      0.43.0

Expected behavior
Install ibm_watson

Actual behavior

(fm_aiortc) PS C:\Work\GitHubRepo\WatsonX\pilots\FM\orchestration-layer\airotc> pip install ibm_watson
Collecting ibm_watson
  Using cached ibm_watson-8.1.0.tar.gz (400 kB)
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
  Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Collecting requests<3.0,>=2.0 (from ibm_watson)
  Using cached requests-2.32.3-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (4.6 kB)
Collecting python-dateutil>=2.5.3 (from ibm_watson)
  Using cached python_dateutil-2.9.0.post0-py2.py3-none-any.whl.metadata (8.4 kB)
Collecting websocket-client>=1.1.0 (from ibm_watson)
  Using cached websocket_client-1.8.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (8.0 kB)
Collecting ibm-cloud-sdk-core==3.*,>=3.3.6 (from ibm_watson)
  Using cached ibm-cloud-sdk-core-3.20.3.tar.gz (62 kB)
  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
  ╰─> [21 lines of output]
      <string>:18: DeprecationWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API. See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "C:\Work\GitHubRepo\WatsonX\pilots\FM\orchestration-layer\airotc\fm_aiortc\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 353, in <module>
          main()
        File "C:\Work\GitHubRepo\WatsonX\pilots\FM\orchestration-layer\airotc\fm_aiortc\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:\Work\GitHubRepo\WatsonX\pilots\FM\orchestration-layer\airotc\fm_aiortc\Lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 118, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
          return hook(config_settings)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\010488846\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-pqhwh9x4\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 327, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
          return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=[])
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\010488846\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-pqhwh9x4\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 297, in _get_build_requires
          self.run_setup()
        File "C:\Users\010488846\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-pqhwh9x4\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 497, in run_setup
          super().run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
        File "C:\Users\010488846\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-pqhwh9x4\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 313, in run_setup
          exec(code, locals())
        File "<string>", line 20, in <module>
      ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'setuptools.command.test'
      [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.
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**SDK Version**
8.1.0

**Additional information:**
- OS: Windows
- Which version of `Python` are you using? 3.11.4

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[Nniol]

If I add a constraints.txt file with the following:

setuptools==71.0.0

and run this command:
(fm_aiortc) PS C:\Work\GitHubRepo\WatsonX\pilots\FM\orchestration-layer\airotc> pip install --constraint .\constraints.txt ibm_watson

I get the same failure as above

I see that setuptools released a new version a few hours ago, and it appears it is being downloaded no matter what the constraints file says

[Nniol]

Issue also discussed here

astral-sh/uv#5551

[Nniol]

pip install --no-build-isolation --constraint .\constraints.txt ibm_watson

is a work around

[benji2512]

pip install --no-build-isolation ibm_watson worked for us in both console context and jupyter notebook