Error installing zowie with pipx

[luispuerto]

I'm not able to install zowie with pipx. Which pip install with no issue.

pipx install zowie
Fatal error from pip prevented installation. Full pip output in file:
    /Users/luispuerto/Developer/zzStorageRoom/dotfiles/.local/pipx/logs/cmd_2023-03-17_17.03.52_pip_errors.log

pip seemed to fail to build package:
    pyobjc-framework-Cocoa>=7.3

Some possibly relevant errors from pip install:
    error: subprocess-exited-with-error
    TypeError: not enough arguments for format string
    error: metadata-generation-failed

Error installing zowie.
Fatal error from pip prevented installation. Full pip output in file:
    /Users/luispuerto/Developer/zzStorageRoom/dotfiles/.local/pipx/logs/cmd_2023-03-17_17.03.52_pip_errors.log

pip seemed to fail to build package:
    pyobjc-framework-Cocoa>=7.3

Some possibly relevant errors from pip install:
    error: subprocess-exited-with-error
    TypeError: not enough arguments for format string
    error: metadata-generation-failed

Error installing zowie.

PIP STDOUT
----------
Collecting zowie
  Using cached zowie-1.2.0-py3-none-any.whl (38 kB)
Collecting aenum==3.1.0
  Using cached aenum-3.1.0-py3-none-any.whl (123 kB)
Collecting biplist==1.0.3
  Using cached biplist-1.0.3.tar.gz (21 kB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): started
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): finished with status 'done'
Collecting boltons==21.0.0
  Using cached boltons-21.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (193 kB)
Collecting bun==0.0.8
  Using cached bun-0.0.8-py3-none-any.whl (11 kB)
Collecting commonpy==1.5.0
  Using cached commonpy-1.5.0-py3-none-any.whl (23 kB)
Collecting keyring==23.2.1
  Using cached keyring-23.2.1-py3-none-any.whl (33 kB)
Collecting keyrings.alt==4.1.0
  Using cached keyrings.alt-4.1.0-py3-none-any.whl (20 kB)
Collecting pdfrw==0.4
  Using cached pdfrw-0.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl (69 kB)
Collecting plac==1.3.3
  Using cached plac-1.3.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl (22 kB)
Collecting py-applescript==1.0.2
  Using cached py_applescript-1.0.2-py3-none-any.whl (22 kB)
Collecting pyzotero==1.4.26
  Using cached Pyzotero-1.4.26-py2.py3-none-any.whl (27 kB)
Collecting pyxattr==0.7.2
  Using cached pyxattr-0.7.2.tar.gz (31 kB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): started
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): finished with status 'done'
Collecting setuptools==58.3.0
  Using cached setuptools-58.3.0-py3-none-any.whl (946 kB)
Collecting sidetrack==2.0.0
  Using cached sidetrack-2.0.0-py3-none-any.whl (10 kB)
Collecting pyobjc-core==7.3.0
  Using cached pyobjc-core-7.3.tar.gz (684 kB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): started
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): finished with status 'done'
Collecting pyobjc-framework-AppleScriptKit==7.3.0
  Using cached pyobjc_framework_AppleScriptKit-7.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl (3.8 kB)
Collecting pyobjc-framework-AppleScriptObjC==7.3.0
  Using cached pyobjc_framework_AppleScriptObjC-7.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl (3.9 kB)
Collecting pytest>=6.1.0
  Using cached pytest-7.2.2-py3-none-any.whl (317 kB)
Collecting rich>=9.0.0
  Using cached rich-13.3.2-py3-none-any.whl (238 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: wheel>=0.33.6 in ./Developer/zzStorageRoom/dotfiles/.local/pipx/shared/lib/python3.11/site-packages (from bun==0.0.8->zowie) (0.40.0)
Collecting PyYAML>=5.3.1
  Using cached PyYAML-6.0-cp311-cp311-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl (167 kB)
Collecting dateparser>=1.0.0
  Using cached dateparser-1.1.7-py2.py3-none-any.whl (293 kB)
Collecting h2>=3.2.0
  Using cached h2-4.1.0-py3-none-any.whl (57 kB)
Collecting httpx>=0.18.2
  Using cached httpx-0.23.3-py3-none-any.whl (71 kB)
Collecting humanize>=3.0.0
  Using cached humanize-4.6.0-py3-none-any.whl (109 kB)
Collecting python-dateutil>=2.8.1
  Using cached python_dateutil-2.8.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl (247 kB)
Collecting tldextract>=2.2.3
  Using cached tldextract-3.4.0-py3-none-any.whl (93 kB)
Collecting validator-collection>=1.5.0
  Using cached validator_collection-1.5.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (36 kB)
Collecting importlib-metadata>=3.6
  Using cached importlib_metadata-6.0.0-py3-none-any.whl (21 kB)
Collecting pyobjc-framework-Cocoa>=7.3
  Using cached pyobjc_framework_Cocoa-9.0.1-cp311-cp311-macosx_10_9_universal2.whl (388 kB)
Collecting pytz
  Using cached pytz-2022.7.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (499 kB)
Collecting requests>=2.21.0
  Using cached requests-2.28.2-py3-none-any.whl (62 kB)
Collecting bibtexparser
  Using cached bibtexparser-1.4.0.tar.gz (51 kB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): started
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): finished with status 'done'
Collecting feedparser>=6
  Using cached feedparser-6.0.10-py3-none-any.whl (81 kB)
Collecting regex!=2019.02.19,!=2021.8.27
  Using cached regex-2022.10.31-cp311-cp311-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl (287 kB)
Collecting tzlocal
  Using cached tzlocal-4.2-py3-none-any.whl (19 kB)
Collecting sgmllib3k
  Using cached sgmllib3k-1.0.0.tar.gz (5.8 kB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): started
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): finished with status 'done'
Collecting hyperframe<7,>=6.0
  Using cached hyperframe-6.0.1-py3-none-any.whl (12 kB)
Collecting hpack<5,>=4.0
  Using cached hpack-4.0.0-py3-none-any.whl (32 kB)
Collecting certifi
  Using cached certifi-2022.12.7-py3-none-any.whl (155 kB)
Collecting httpcore<0.17.0,>=0.15.0
  Using cached httpcore-0.16.3-py3-none-any.whl (69 kB)
Collecting rfc3986[idna2008]<2,>=1.3
  Using cached rfc3986-1.5.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (31 kB)
Collecting sniffio
  Using cached sniffio-1.3.0-py3-none-any.whl (10 kB)
Collecting zipp>=0.5
  Using cached zipp-3.15.0-py3-none-any.whl (6.8 kB)
Collecting pyobjc-framework-Cocoa>=7.3
  Using cached pyobjc_framework_Cocoa-9.0-cp311-cp311-macosx_10_9_universal2.whl (388 kB)
  Using cached pyobjc_framework_Cocoa-8.5.1-cp311-cp311-macosx_10_9_universal2.whl (388 kB)
  Using cached pyobjc-framework-Cocoa-8.5.tar.gz (4.6 MB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): started
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): finished with status 'done'
  Using cached pyobjc-framework-Cocoa-8.4.1.tar.gz (4.6 MB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): started
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): finished with status 'done'
  Using cached pyobjc-framework-Cocoa-8.4.tar.gz (4.6 MB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): started
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): finished with status 'done'
  Using cached pyobjc-framework-Cocoa-8.3.tar.gz (4.0 MB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): started
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): finished with status 'done'
  Using cached pyobjc-framework-Cocoa-8.2.tar.gz (4.0 MB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): started
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): finished with status 'done'
  Using cached pyobjc-framework-Cocoa-8.1.tar.gz (4.0 MB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): started
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): finished with status 'done'
  Using cached pyobjc-framework-Cocoa-8.0.tar.gz (4.0 MB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): started
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): finished with status 'done'
  Using cached pyobjc-framework-Cocoa-7.3.tar.gz (3.5 MB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): started
  Preparing metadata (setup.py): finished with status 'error'

PIP STDERR
----------
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error
  
  × python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [9 lines of output]
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
        File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 34, in <module>
        File "/private/var/folders/zm/clm72_7978105k4sj96x794r0000gn/T/pip-install-tspdoh0w/pyobjc-framework-cocoa_e861cadae9024920801682e43b4fabd0/setup.py", line 23, in <module>
          Extension(
        File "/private/var/folders/zm/clm72_7978105k4sj96x794r0000gn/T/pip-install-tspdoh0w/pyobjc-framework-cocoa_e861cadae9024920801682e43b4fabd0/pyobjc_setup.py", line 459, in Extension
          "-DPyObjC_BUILD_RELEASE=%02d%02d" % (tuple(map(int, os_level.split("."))))
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      TypeError: not enough arguments for format string
      [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.

[danieltomasz]

I have the same probelm, pipx is using python 3.11.2 , but I was able install zowie with 3.10.9, I didnt check if zowie can be installed with pip and 3.11.2

[mhucka]

I'm able to reproduce this, and I'm testing a fix now (as I write this, in fact). The problem is due to changes in packages that Zowie uses. I'm going to make a release shortly that should fix this.

[mhucka]

This should hopefully be fixed in release 1.3.0.