Error: gyp failed with exit code: 1 no module named 'distutils'

[arthurfiorette]

node_modules/.pnpm/deasync@0.1.29/node_modules/deasync: Running install script, failed in 341ms
.../deasync@0.1.29/node_modules/deasync install$ node ./build.js
│ gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
│ gyp info using node-gyp@9.4.1
│ gyp info using node@21.7.3 | darwin | arm64
│ gyp info find Python using Python version 3.12.2 found at "/opt/homebrew/opt/python@3.12/bin/python3.12"
│ gyp info spawn /opt/homebrew/opt/python@3.12/bin/python3.12
│ gyp info spawn args [
│ gyp info spawn args   '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pnpm/dist/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
│ gyp info spawn args   'binding.gyp',
│ gyp info spawn args   '-f',
│ gyp info spawn args   'make',
│ gyp info spawn args   '-I',
│ gyp info spawn args   '/Users/griffith/www/kita-app/node_modules/.pnpm/deasync@0.1.29/node_modules/deasync/build/confi…
│ gyp info spawn args   '-I',
│ gyp info spawn args   '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pnpm/dist/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
│ gyp info spawn args   '-I',
│ gyp info spawn args   '/Users/griffith/Library/Caches/node-gyp/21.7.3/include/node/common.gypi',
│ gyp info spawn args   '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
│ gyp info spawn args   '-Dvisibility=default',
│ gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_root_dir=/Users/griffith/Library/Caches/node-gyp/21.7.3',
│ gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pnpm/dist/node_modules/node-gyp',
│ gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_lib_file=/Users/griffith/Library/Caches/node-gyp/21.7.3/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
│ gyp info spawn args   '-Dmodule_root_dir=/Users/griffith/www/kita-app/node_modules/.pnpm/deasync@0.1.29/node_modules/d…
│ gyp info spawn args   '-Dnode_engine=v8',
│ gyp info spawn args   '--depth=.',
│ gyp info spawn args   '--no-parallel',
│ gyp info spawn args   '--generator-output',
│ gyp info spawn args   'build',
│ gyp info spawn args   '-Goutput_dir=.'
│ gyp info spawn args ]
│ Traceback (most recent call last):
│   File "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pnpm/dist/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py", line 42, in <module>
│     import gyp  # noqa: E402
│     ^^^^^^^^^^
│   File "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pnpm/dist/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/__init__.py", line 9, in <module>
│     import gyp.input
│   File "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pnpm/dist/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/input.py", line 19, in <module>
│     from distutils.version import StrictVersion
│ ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'
│ gyp ERR! configure error 
│ gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
│ gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pnpm/dist/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure…
│ gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:519:28)
│ gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:294:12)
│ gyp ERR! System Darwin 23.4.0
│ gyp ERR! command "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/lib/node_modules/pnpm/dist/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "…
│ gyp ERR! cwd /Users/griffith/www/kita-app/node_modules/.pnpm/deasync@0.1.29/node_modules/deasync
│ gyp ERR! node -v v21.7.3
│ gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v9.4.1
│ gyp ERR! not ok 
│ Build failed
└─ Failed in 341ms at /Users/griffith/www/kita-app/node_modules/.pnpm/deasync@0.1.29/node_modules/deasync

[arthurfiorette]

To fix this issue, try running one of these. Learn more at nodejs/node-gyp#2869

brew install python-setuptools
# or
brew install python-packaging
# or
python3 -m pip install packaging

Thanks for @guisarria for discovering this out :)

[arthurfiorette]

Fixed since #432, after it removed almost all async/await code