Upon installation I get an error to do with Setup.py and metadata, what does it mean?

[ghost]

`C:\Users\Me>python -m pip install scratch-to-python
Collecting scratch-to-python
Using cached scratch_to_python-0.1.2-py3-none-any.whl (8.7 kB)
Collecting pygame==2.0.1
Using cached pygame-2.0.1.tar.gz (5.5 MB)
Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [77 lines of output]

  WARNING, No "Setup" File Exists, Running "buildconfig/config.py"
  Using WINDOWS configuration...

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
    File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 34, in <module>
    File "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-4_y00tya\pygame_b5b003a41c654612a5c3bbdda9830007\setup.py", line 318, in <module>
      buildconfig.config.main(AUTO_CONFIG)
    File "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-4_y00tya\pygame_b5b003a41c654612a5c3bbdda9830007\buildconfig\config.py", line 221, in main
      deps = CFG.main(**kwds)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-4_y00tya\pygame_b5b003a41c654612a5c3bbdda9830007\buildconfig\config_win.py", line 574, in main
      return setup_prebuilt_sdl2(prebuilt_dir)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-4_y00tya\pygame_b5b003a41c654612a5c3bbdda9830007\buildconfig\config_win.py", line 499, in setup_prebuilt_sdl2
      DEPS.configure()
    File "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-4_y00tya\pygame_b5b003a41c654612a5c3bbdda9830007\buildconfig\config_win.py", line 336, in configure
      from . import vstools
    File "C:\Users\Me\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-4_y00tya\pygame_b5b003a41c654612a5c3bbdda9830007\buildconfig\vstools.py", line 11, in <module>
      compiler.initialize()
    File "C:\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\msvc9compiler.py", line 403, in initialize
      vc_env = query_vcvarsall(VERSION, plat_spec)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "C:\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\msvc9compiler.py", line 281, in query_vcvarsall
      raise DistutilsPlatformError("Unable to find vcvarsall.bat")
  distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat
  Making dir :prebuilt_downloads:
  Downloading... https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-devel-2.0.14-VC.zip 48d5dcd4a445410301f5575219cffb6de654edb8
  Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\SDL2-devel-2.0.14-VC.zip:
  Downloading... https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/release/SDL2_image-devel-2.0.5-VC.zip 137f86474691f4e12e76e07d58d5920c8d844d5b
  Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\SDL2_image-devel-2.0.5-VC.zip:
  Downloading... https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/release/SDL2_ttf-devel-2.0.15-VC.zip 1436df41ebc47ac36e02ec9bda5699e80ff9bd27
  Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\SDL2_ttf-devel-2.0.15-VC.zip:
  Downloading... https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/release/SDL2_mixer-devel-2.0.4-VC.zip 9097148f4529cf19f805ccd007618dec280f0ecc
  Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\SDL2_mixer-devel-2.0.4-VC.zip:
  Downloading... https://www.ijg.org/files/jpegsr9d.zip ed10aa2b5a0fcfe74f8a6f7611aeb346b06a1f99
  Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\jpegsr9d.zip:
  Downloading... https://pygame.org/ftp/prebuilt-x64-pygame-1.9.2-20150922.zip 3a5af3427b3aa13a0aaf5c4cb08daaed341613ed
  Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\prebuilt-x64-pygame-1.9.2-20150922.zip:
  copying into .\prebuilt-x64
  Path for SDL: prebuilt-x64\SDL2-2.0.14
  ...Library directory for SDL: prebuilt-x64/SDL2-2.0.14/lib/x64
  ...Include directory for SDL: prebuilt-x64/SDL2-2.0.14/include
  Path for FONT: prebuilt-x64\SDL2_ttf-2.0.15
  ...Library directory for FONT: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_ttf-2.0.15/lib/x64
  ...Include directory for FONT: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_ttf-2.0.15/include
  Path for IMAGE: prebuilt-x64\SDL2_image-2.0.5
  ...Library directory for IMAGE: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_image-2.0.5/lib/x64
  ...Include directory for IMAGE: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_image-2.0.5/include
  Path for MIXER: prebuilt-x64\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4
  ...Library directory for MIXER: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/lib/x64
  ...Include directory for MIXER: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/include
  Path for PORTMIDI: prebuilt-x64
  ...Library directory for PORTMIDI: prebuilt-x64/lib
  ...Include directory for PORTMIDI: prebuilt-x64/include
  DLL for SDL2: prebuilt-x64/SDL2-2.0.14/lib/x64/SDL2.dll
  DLL for SDL2_ttf: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_ttf-2.0.15/lib/x64/SDL2_ttf.dll
  DLL for SDL2_image: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_image-2.0.5/lib/x64/SDL2_image.dll
  DLL for SDL2_mixer: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/lib/x64/SDL2_mixer.dll
  DLL for portmidi: prebuilt-x64/lib/portmidi.dll
  Path for FREETYPE not found.
  ...Found include dir but no library dir in prebuilt-x64.
  Path for PNG not found.
  ...Found include dir but no library dir in prebuilt-x64.
  Path for JPEG not found.
  ...Found include dir but no library dir in prebuilt-x64.
  DLL for freetype: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_ttf-2.0.15/lib/x64/libfreetype-6.dll

  ---
  For help with compilation see:
      https://www.pygame.org/wiki/CompileWindows
  To contribute to pygame development see:
      https://www.pygame.org/contribute.html
  ---

  [end of output]

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

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.

[notice] A new release of pip available: 22.3 -> 22.3.1
[notice] To update, run: python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip`

[Gordon003]

Been some time since I worked on it lmao.

Anyway, had a look at it and believed to be a Pygame error as it's only used for Python 3.8.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64311396/pygame-no-setup-file-exists-running-buildconfig-config-py

I'm using Python 3.8.2 and I can install this library with no trouble. Hope that helps! :)

Note: Need to specify that on documentation.

[ghost]

Thankyou! ☺️I’ll see if it qorks and close this if it does.