ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils' related to #1434

[D4llo]

The issue may be related to #1434

Opening a terminal throws:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/thefuck", line 5, in <module>
    from thefuck.entrypoints.main import main
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/thefuck/entrypoints/main.py", line 2, in <module>
    from ..system import init_output
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/thefuck/system/__init__.py", line 7, in <module>
    from .unix import *  # noqa: F401,F403
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/thefuck/system/unix.py", line 6, in <module>
    from distutils.spawn import find_executable
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

The output of thefuck --version (something like The Fuck 3.1 using Python 3.5.0 and Bash 4.4.12(1)-release):

The Fuck 3.32-8 using Python 3.12.3 and Bash 5.2.26(1)-release (note that thefuck --version throws:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/thefuck", line 5, in <module>
    from thefuck.entrypoints.main import main
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/thefuck/entrypoints/main.py", line 2, in <module>
    from ..system import init_output
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/thefuck/system/__init__.py", line 7, in <module>
    from .unix import *  # noqa: F401,F403
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/thefuck/system/unix.py", line 6, in <module>
    from distutils.spawn import find_executable
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

Your system (Debian 7, ArchLinux, Windows, etc.):

EndeavourOS 6.8.7-arch1-2

How to reproduce the bug:

open an terminal and thats all

The output of The Fuck with THEFUCK_DEBUG=true exported (typically execute export THEFUCK_DEBUG=true in your shell before The Fuck):

Still failed

Cheers,

[GetInIHaveCandy0]

yooo, same shit happens to me

[specarino]

According to PEP 632, distutils has been removed from Python 3.12.

A band-aid fix for us users for now would be to follow the above report and just install the python-setuptools package.

Edit: #1404 and/or #1247 appears to fix this, but they are still open PRs

[pynmash]

I did a little research before coming here and discovered the same fix.
It's been a while since the last commit. Hope the project isn't abandoned

[MiguelGuthridge]

I installed with pipx, and found that I still ended up with an error even after running pipx inject thefuck distutils.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/migue/.local/bin/thefuck", line 5, in <module>
    from thefuck.entrypoints.main import main
  File "/home/migue/.local/pipx/venvs/thefuck/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/thefuck/entrypoints/main.py", line 8, in <module>
    from .. import logs  # noqa: E402
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/migue/.local/pipx/venvs/thefuck/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/thefuck/logs.py", line 8, in <module>
    from .conf import settings
  File "/home/migue/.local/pipx/venvs/thefuck/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/thefuck/conf.py", line 1, in <module>
    from imp import load_source
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'imp'

Looks like getting thefuck to work nicely with Python 3.12 may be a little more painful than just adding a missing dependency, since I can't find any drop-in replacement for imp (which has been deprecated since Python 3.4, and got removed in Python 3.12, source).

The easiest solution for pipx users is to stick to Python 3.11. For me, this was as simple as

$ sudo dnf install python3.11  # changes depending on your distro
$ pipx reinstall --python python3.11 thefuck