ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils' related to #1434 about thefuck HOT 5 OPEN

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

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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

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yooo, same shit happens to me

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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

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Same issue with me. If you use pipx but don't want to downgrade your system Python version (dangerous if tools from your distro rely on system Python), the following command installs thefuck into a venv with Python 3.11 while keeping the system Python untouched.

$ pipx install --fetch-missing-python --python "3.11" thefuck
$ thefuck --help
usage: thefuck [-v] [-a [ALIAS]] [-l SHELL_LOGGER]
...
$ python --version
Python 3.12.3

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