PyBluez: error in PyBluez setup command: use_2to3 is invalid

Question

I am trying to pip install pybluez and I get this error:

Collecting PyBluez
  Using cached PyBluez-0.23.tar.gz (97 kB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [1 lines of output]
      error in PyBluez setup command: use_2to3 is invalid.
      [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.

How do I solve this?

Edit: Turns out its not being updated for windows so I just switched to a linux vb

Answer 1

As Mike 'Pomax' Kamermans suggested, you can solve this by installing the package from source:

pip install git+https://github.com/pybluez/pybluez.git#egg=pybluez

Indeed,

The pypi version is outdated and this issue is fixed in the dev version ages ago.

Source: This answer was provided by dogtopus on a GitHub issue of the pybluez repository.