dev: yarn run dev errors with stock Python 3.12

[corneliusroemer]

• I am on the latest Hyper.app version
• I have searched the issues of this repo and believe that this is not a duplicate

I've cloned the canary branch (default).

• OS version and name: Darwin m2-mini 23.6.0 Darwin Kernel Version 23.6.0: Mon Jul 29 21:16:46 PDT 2024; root:xnu-10063.141.2~1/RELEASE_ARM64_T8112 arm64
• Hyper.app version: canary

Issue

I'm trying to get hyper working locally using dev setup. I followed the README.md:

• Install yarn (v1.22.22)
• Run yarn
• Run yarn run dev

However I get an error:

$ yarn run dev
$ electron-rebuild -f -o node-pty -m target
⠴ Building module: node-pty, Completed: 0Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/corneliusroemer/code/hyper/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py", line 42, in <module>
    import gyp  # noqa: E402
    ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/corneliusroemer/code/hyper/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/__init__.py", line 9, in <module>
    import gyp.input
  File "/Users/corneliusroemer/code/hyper/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/input.py", line 19, in <module>
    from distutils.version import StrictVersion
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'
Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
    at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/Users/corneliusroemer/code/hyper/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:325:16)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:519:28)
    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:294:12)

✖ Rebuild Failed

An unhandled error occurred inside electron-rebuild
node-gyp failed to rebuild '/Users/corneliusroemer/code/hyper/target/node_modules/node-pty'

Error: node-gyp failed to rebuild '/Users/corneliusroemer/code/hyper/target/node_modules/node-pty'
    at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/Users/corneliusroemer/code/hyper/node_modules/@electron/rebuild/lib/module-type/node-gyp/node-gyp.js:118:24)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:519:28)
    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:294:12)
error Command failed with exit code 255.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.
error Command failed with exit code 255.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/install for documentation about this command.

It looks like the README is not up to date regarding dev setup on macos.

[corneliusroemer]

I got further by:

• Pinning node to v20 (instead of latest)
• Using classic yarn

But thing still error our:

yarn run v1.22.22
$ electron-rebuild -f -o node-pty -m target
⠴ Building module: node-pty, Completed: 0Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/corneliusroemer/code/hyper/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py", line 42, in <module>
    import gyp  # noqa: E402
    ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/corneliusroemer/code/hyper/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/__init__.py", line 9, in <module>
    import gyp.input
  File "/Users/corneliusroemer/code/hyper/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/input.py", line 19, in <module>
    from distutils.version import StrictVersion
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'
Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
    at ChildProcess.onCpExit (/Users/corneliusroemer/code/hyper/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:325:16)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:519:28)
    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:294:12)

✖ Rebuild Failed

An unhandled error occurred inside electron-rebuild
node-gyp failed to rebuild '/Users/corneliusroemer/code/hyper/target/node_modules/node-pty'

Error: node-gyp failed to rebuild '/Users/corneliusroemer/code/hyper/target/node_modules/node-pty'
    at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/Users/corneliusroemer/code/hyper/node_modules/@electron/rebuild/lib/module-type/node-gyp/node-gyp.js:118:24)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:519:28)
    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:294:12)
error Command failed with exit code 255.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/run for documentation about this command.
error Command failed with exit code 255.
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/install for documentation about this command.

[corneliusroemer]

Current electron-rebuild is not compatible with Python 3.12, see electron/rebuild#1116

You can fix by installing setuptools manually in your Python installation.

pip install setuptools