Setting up Python bindings issues deprecation warnings

[rbeezer]

Can't see that this has been reported here. Apologies if it is a duplicate or known. Setting up Python bindings issues a few deprecation warnings. My install just now (into a fresh version of Python) seems to be working fine. Python 3.12, Ubuntu 24.04.

Rob

/tmp/liblouis-3.31.0/python# python3 setup.py install
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/_distutils/cmd.py:66: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setup.py install is deprecated.
!!

        ********************************************************************************
        Please avoid running ``setup.py`` directly.
        Instead, use pypa/build, pypa/installer or other
        standards-based tools.

        See https://blog.ganssle.io/articles/2021/10/setup-py-deprecated.html for details.
        ********************************************************************************

!!
  self.initialize_options()
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/_distutils/cmd.py:66: EasyInstallDeprecationWarning: easy_install command is deprecated.
!!

        ********************************************************************************
        Please avoid running ``setup.py`` and ``easy_install``.
        Instead, use pypa/build, pypa/installer or other
        standards-based tools.

        See https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/917 for details.
        ********************************************************************************

!!
  self.initialize_options()
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/dist.py:172: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: Invalid config.
!!

        ********************************************************************************
        newlines are not allowed in `summary` and will break in the future
        ********************************************************************************

!!
  write_field('Summary', single_line(summary))
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[Hrishi-R]

Hey Rob,
I just ran into this issue too. Would you mind sharing how you moved past it? I did not have this problem the last time I tried to install it (approx 3 months ago - python 3.12 + Debian). This seems like a new issue.

Thanks!

Edit: I found a workaround. After encountering this error, I ran "pip install louis", and it seemed to have installed it! Source for the workaround: #1114 (comment)