Error while installing deep-forest (Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully)

[Mitesh-web]

While installing deep-forest using pip install . the error says "Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully."
Would like a solution for this. Currently running python 3.12 on windows and have installed the repository manually.
This is the complete error message:

(new_env) C:\Users\mites\Deep-Forest>pip install .
Processing c:\users\mites\deep-forest
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [33 lines of output]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\mites\Deep-Forest\new_env\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 353, in
main()
File "C:\Users\mites\Deep-Forest\new_env\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 335, in main
json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\mites\Deep-Forest\new_env\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 112, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
backend = _build_backend()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\mites\Deep-Forest\new_env\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 77, in build_backend
obj = import_module(mod_path)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\Python312\Lib\importlib_init.py", line 90, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "", line 1387, in _gcd_import
File "", line 1360, in _find_and_load
File "", line 1310, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "", line 1387, in _gcd_import
File "", line 1360, in _find_and_load
File "", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 935, in load_unlocked
File "", line 995, in exec_module
File "", line 488, in call_with_frames_removed
File "C:\Users\mites\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-jy24x6aj\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_init.py", line 16, in
import setuptools.version
File "C:\Users\mites\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-jy24x6aj\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\version.py", line 1, in
import pkg_resources
File "C:\Users\mites\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-jy24x6aj\overlay\Lib\site-packages\pkg_resources_init.py", line 2172, in
register_finder(pkgutil.ImpImporter, find_on_path)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: module 'pkgutil' has no attribute 'ImpImporter'. Did you mean: 'zipimporter'?
[end of output]

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

× Getting requirements to build wheel 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.

(new_env) C:\Users\mites\Deep-Forest>python -c "from deepforest import CascadeForestClassifier; print(CascadeForestClassifier)"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "C:\Users\mites\Deep-Forest\deepforest_init_.py", line 1, in
from .cascade import CascadeForestClassifier, CascadeForestRegressor
File "C:\Users\mites\Deep-Forest\deepforest\cascade.py", line 21, in
from . import _io, _utils
File "C:\Users\mites\Deep-Forest\deepforest_utils.py", line 7, in
from . import _cutils as _LIB
ImportError: cannot import name 'cutils' from partially initialized module 'deepforest' (most likely due to a circular import) (C:\Users\mites\Deep-Forest\deepforest_init.py)

(new_env) C:\Users\mites\Deep-Forest>pip uninstall setuptools
Found existing installation: setuptools 74.1.2
Uninstalling setuptools-74.1.2:
Would remove:
c:\users\mites\deep-forest\new_env\lib\site-packages_distutils_hack*
c:\users\mites\deep-forest\new_env\lib\site-packages\distutils-precedence.pth
c:\users\mites\deep-forest\new_env\lib\site-packages\pkg_resources*
c:\users\mites\deep-forest\new_env\lib\site-packages\setuptools-74.1.2.dist-info*
c:\users\mites\deep-forest\new_env\lib\site-packages\setuptools*
Proceed (Y/n)? pip install setuptools
Your response ('pip install setuptools') was not one of the expected responses: y, n,
Proceed (Y/n)? y
Successfully uninstalled setuptools-74.1.2

(new_env) C:\Users\mites\Deep-Forest>pip install setuptools
Collecting setuptools
Using cached setuptools-74.1.2-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (6.7 kB)
Using cached setuptools-74.1.2-py3-none-any.whl (1.3 MB)
Installing collected packages: setuptools
Successfully installed setuptools-74.1.2

(new_env) C:\Users\mites\Deep-Forest>pip update setuptools
ERROR: unknown command "update"

(new_env) C:\Users\mites\Deep-Forest>pip install .
Processing c:\users\mites\deep-forest
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [33 lines of output]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\mites\Deep-Forest\new_env\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 353, in
main()
File "C:\Users\mites\Deep-Forest\new_env\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 335, in main
json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\mites\Deep-Forest\new_env\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 112, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
backend = _build_backend()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\mites\Deep-Forest\new_env\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 77, in build_backend
obj = import_module(mod_path)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Program Files\Python312\Lib\importlib_init.py", line 90, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "", line 1387, in _gcd_import
File "", line 1360, in _find_and_load
File "", line 1310, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "", line 1387, in _gcd_import
File "", line 1360, in _find_and_load
File "", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "", line 935, in load_unlocked
File "", line 995, in exec_module
File "", line 488, in call_with_frames_removed
File "C:\Users\mites\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-2wm0rxmk\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_init.py", line 16, in
import setuptools.version
File "C:\Users\mites\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-2wm0rxmk\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\version.py", line 1, in
import pkg_resources
File "C:\Users\mites\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-2wm0rxmk\overlay\Lib\site-packages\pkg_resources_init.py", line 2172, in
register_finder(pkgutil.ImpImporter, find_on_path)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: module 'pkgutil' has no attribute 'ImpImporter'. Did you mean: 'zipimporter'?
[end of output]

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

× Getting requirements to build wheel 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.