ERROR: Exception during pip install of inference in python on Windows11

I just spent a lot of time trying to installl the inference module via python on a windows11 machine. Always get the following errors:

Collecting numpy<=1.25.2 (from inference)
Using cached numpy-1.25.2.tar.gz (10.8 MB)
Installing build dependencies … done
Getting requirements to build wheel … done
ERROR: Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\cli\base_command.py”, line 179, in exc_logging_wrapper
status = run_func(*args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\cli\req_command.py”, line 67, in wrapper
return func(self, options, args)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\commands\install.py”, line 377, in run
requirement_set = resolver.resolve(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\resolver.py”, line 95, in resolve
result = self._result = resolver.resolve(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py”, line 546, in resolve
state = resolution.resolve(requirements, max_rounds=max_rounds)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py”, line 427, in resolve
failure_causes = self._attempt_to_pin_criterion(name)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py”, line 239, in _attempt_to_pin_criterion
criteria = self._get_updated_criteria(candidate)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py”, line 230, in _get_updated_criteria
self._add_to_criteria(criteria, requirement, parent=candidate)
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\resolvelib\resolvers.py”, line 173, in _add_to_criteria
if not criterion.candidates:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\resolvelib\structs.py”, line 156, in bool
return bool(self._sequence)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found_candidates.py”, line 174, in bool
return any(self)
^^^^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found_candidates.py”, line 162, in
return (c for c in iterator if id(c) not in self._incompatible_ids)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\found_candidates.py”, line 53, in _iter_built
candidate = func()
^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\factory.py”, line 185, in _make_candidate_from_link
base: Optional[BaseCandidate] = self._make_base_candidate_from_link(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\factory.py”, line 231, in _make_base_candidate_from_link
self._link_candidate_cache[link] = LinkCandidate(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py”, line 303, in init
super().init(
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py”, line 158, in init
self.dist = self._prepare()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py”, line 235, in _prepare
dist = self._prepare_distribution()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\resolution\resolvelib\candidates.py”, line 314, in _prepare_distribution
return preparer.prepare_linked_requirement(self._ireq, parallel_builds=True)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\operations\prepare.py”, line 527, in prepare_linked_requirement
return self._prepare_linked_requirement(req, parallel_builds)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\operations\prepare.py”, line 642, in _prepare_linked_requirement
dist = _get_prepared_distribution(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\operations\prepare.py”, line 72, in _get_prepared_distribution
abstract_dist.prepare_distribution_metadata(
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\distributions\sdist.py”, line 56, in prepare_distribution_metadata
self._install_build_reqs(finder)
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\distributions\sdist.py”, line 126, in _install_build_reqs
build_reqs = self._get_build_requires_wheel()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\distributions\sdist.py”, line 103, in _get_build_requires_wheel
return backend.get_requires_for_build_wheel()
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_internal\utils\misc.py”, line 709, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return super().get_requires_for_build_wheel(config_settings=cs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_impl.py”, line 166, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return self._call_hook(‘get_requires_for_build_wheel’, {
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File “c:\testinfer\venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_impl.py”, line 321, in _call_hook
raise BackendUnavailable(data.get(‘traceback’, ‘’))
pip._vendor.pyproject_hooks._impl.BackendUnavailable: Traceback (most recent call last):
File “c:\testinfer\venv\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\Peter\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-6z0u2w3i\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_init
.py", line 10, in
import distutils.core
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘distutils’

Treid updating everything even tried it on another machine… can anyone help to solve this?

Thanks in advance!
Peter

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