PyWinAuto installation failing on Python 3.12

[manju1847]

Expected Behavior

PyWinAuto installation should report success on Python 3.12

Actual Behavior

PyWinAuto installation fails on Python 3.12

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

Here are the steps/commands that I used to install on Python 3.12. I am using PyWinAuto from atspi branch. I am able to install the same version without any issues on Python 3.8 and Python 3.10.

D:\softwares\Python12>python --version
Python 3.12.1

D:\softwares\Python12>pip list
Package Version

---

comtypes 1.2.1
pip 23.2.1
pywin32 306
six 1.16.0

D:\softwares\Python12>pip install d:\softwares\PyWinAuto\pywinauto-atspi
Processing d:\softwares\pywinauto\pywinauto-atspi
Installing build dependencies ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× pip subprocess to install build dependencies did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [7 lines of output]
WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=4, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'NewConnectionError('<pip._vendor.urllib3.connection.HTTPSConnection object at 0x000001F765B5C8C0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed')': /simple/setuptools/
WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=3, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'NewConnectionError('<pip._vendor.urllib3.connection.HTTPSConnection object at 0x000001F764656810>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed')': /simple/setuptools/
WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=2, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'NewConnectionError('<pip._vendor.urllib3.connection.HTTPSConnection object at 0x000001F765D37350>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed')': /simple/setuptools/
WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=1, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'NewConnectionError('<pip._vendor.urllib3.connection.HTTPSConnection object at 0x000001F765D37680>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed')': /simple/setuptools/
WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=0, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'NewConnectionError('<pip._vendor.urllib3.connection.HTTPSConnection object at 0x000001F765D378C0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed')': /simple/setuptools/
ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement setuptools>=40.8.0 (from versions: none)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for setuptools>=40.8.0
[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: 1
╰─> See above for output.

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

Short Example of Code to Demonstrate the Problem

Specifications

• Pywinauto version: PyWinAuto atspi 0.6.8
• Python version and bitness: Python 3.12.1
• Platform and OS: Windows 10

[manju1847]

Machine on which I am installing is not having outbound connection to internet. So I am installing from the disk providing the path to the package. Same approach on same machine is working with Python 3.8 and Python 3.10. But when I move to Python 3.12 this issue pops up.

[junkmd]

Have you tried pip install --upgrade setuptools?

[manju1847]

Yes. Installed latest setuptools. Still I see the same error.

D:\softwares\Python12>pip install d:\softwares\Python12\setuptools-69.0.3-py3-none-any.whl
Processing d:\softwares\python12\setuptools-69.0.3-py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: setuptools
Successfully installed setuptools-69.0.3

D:\softwares\Python12>pip list
Package Version

---

comtypes 1.2.1
pip 23.2.1
pywin32 306
setuptools 69.0.3
six 1.16.0

D:\softwares\Python12>pip install d:\softwares\PyWinAuto\pywinauto-atspi
Processing d:\softwares\pywinauto\pywinauto-atspi
Installing build dependencies ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× pip subprocess to install build dependencies did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [7 lines of output]
WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=4, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'NewConnectionError('<pip._vendor.urllib3.connection.HTTPSConnection object at 0x000002698263EE70>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed')': /simple/setuptools/
WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=3, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'NewConnectionError('<pip._vendor.urllib3.connection.HTTPSConnection object at 0x00000269825152B0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed')': /simple/setuptools/
WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=2, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'NewConnectionError('<pip._vendor.urllib3.connection.HTTPSConnection object at 0x000002698263F5F0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed')': /simple/setuptools/
WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=1, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'NewConnectionError('<pip._vendor.urllib3.connection.HTTPSConnection object at 0x000002698263F9E0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed')': /simple/setuptools/
WARNING: Retrying (Retry(total=0, connect=None, read=None, redirect=None, status=None)) after connection broken by 'NewConnectionError('<pip._vendor.urllib3.connection.HTTPSConnection object at 0x000002698263FBC0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 11001] getaddrinfo failed')': /simple/setuptools/
ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement setuptools>=40.8.0 (from versions: none)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for setuptools>=40.8.0
[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: 1
╰─> See above for output.

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

[manju1847]

Same error can be reproduced even with Python 3.11.7. Just FYI

[junkmd]

I have successfully installed pywinauto==0.6.8 in a virtual environment created with Python 3.11.7 and pipenv.

I see from your process that you are probably trying to install the contents of the atspi branch that you downloaded from the repository.

However, since I don't know whether the problem is caused by pip or setuptools or the pywinauto codebase, please check if you can pip install pywinauto==0.6.8 first.