Attribute Error with setup.py when trying to install machine-learning-datasets, calling a non-existant `SafeConfigParser()`

[Ferdodonna]

Greetings,

I have encountered an issue when trying to install machine-learning-datasets - see error message below. I havent found an instance yet, where I definitely need it, but still wanted to report in case it is actually deprecated and the problem isnt on my end.

I use Jupyter with the Anaconda distribution, Python 3.13.5, pip 25.1, trying to install machine-learning-datasets.

Jupyter versions:

IPython          : 8.30.0
ipykernel        : 6.29.5
ipywidgets       : 8.1.5
jupyter_client   : 8.6.3
jupyter_core     : 5.7.2
jupyter_server   : 2.15.0
jupyterlab       : 4.3.4
nbclient         : 0.10.2
nbconvert        : 7.16.6
nbformat         : 5.10.4
notebook         : 7.3.2
qtconsole        : 5.6.1
traitlets        : 5.14.3

The error message hints at several deprecated module versions and finally throws an exception when

parser = configparser.SafeConfigParser()

is being exectued, saying that there is no attribute SafeConfigParser() that can be called. SafeConfigParser was renamed to ConfigParser in some update.

If there are some tests I should run, feel free to reach out!

Error message:

>pip install machine-learning-datasets
Collecting machine-learning-datasets
  Using cached machine_learning_datasets-0.1.16.4-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (1.3 kB)
Collecting aif360<0.4.0,>=0.3.0 (from machine-learning-datasets)
  Using cached aif360-0.3.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (2.7 kB)
Collecting alibi<0.6.0,>=0.5.5 (from machine-learning-datasets)
  Using cached alibi-0.5.8-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (13 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: matplotlib<4.0.0,>=3.2.2 in c:\users\suuuj\anaconda3\lib\site-packages (from machine-learning-datasets) (3.10.0)
Collecting mlxtend<0.15.0,>=0.14.0 (from machine-learning-datasets)
  Using cached mlxtend-0.14.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl.metadata (1.8 kB)
Collecting numpy<2.0.0,>=1.19.5 (from machine-learning-datasets)
  Using cached numpy-1.26.4.tar.gz (15.8 MB)
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
  Installing backend dependencies ... done
  Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Collecting opencv-python<5.0.0,>=4.5.1 (from machine-learning-datasets)
  Using cached opencv_python-4.12.0.88-cp37-abi3-win_amd64.whl.metadata (19 kB)
Collecting pandas<2.0.0,>=1.1.5 (from machine-learning-datasets)
  Using cached pandas-1.5.3.tar.gz (5.2 MB)
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
  Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Collecting pathlib2<3.0.0,>=2.3.5 (from machine-learning-datasets)
  Using cached pathlib2-2.3.7.post1-py2.py3-none-any.whl.metadata (3.5 kB)
Collecting pycebox<0.0.2,>=0.0.1 (from machine-learning-datasets)
  Using cached pycebox-0.0.1.tar.gz (4.5 kB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done
Collecting scikit-learn<0.23.0,>=0.22.2.post1 (from machine-learning-datasets)
  Using cached scikit-learn-0.22.2.post1.tar.gz (6.9 MB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... done
Requirement already satisfied: scipy<2.0.0,>=1.4.1 in c:\users\suuuj\anaconda3\lib\site-packages (from machine-learning-datasets) (1.15.3)
Collecting seaborn<0.12.0,>=0.11.1 (from machine-learning-datasets)
  Using cached seaborn-0.11.2-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (2.3 kB)
Collecting statsmodels<0.11.0,>=0.10.2 (from machine-learning-datasets)
  Using cached statsmodels-0.10.2.tar.gz (14.1 MB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [34 lines of output]
      C:\Users\suuuj\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-okjae7jx\statsmodels_1fe407c47fb642cb907520ffe58da37f\setup.py:14: DeprecationWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API. See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html
        import pkg_resources
      C:\Users\suuuj\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-okjae7jx\statsmodels_1fe407c47fb642cb907520ffe58da37f\versioneer.py:564: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\s'
        mo = re.search(r'=\s*"(.*)"', line)
      C:\Users\suuuj\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-okjae7jx\statsmodels_1fe407c47fb642cb907520ffe58da37f\setup.py:50: DeprecationWarning: distutils Version classes are deprecated. Use packaging.version instead.
        req_ver = LooseVersion(SETUP_REQUIREMENTS[key])
      C:\Users\suuuj\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-okjae7jx\statsmodels_1fe407c47fb642cb907520ffe58da37f\setup.py:53: DeprecationWarning: distutils Version classes are deprecated. Use packaging.version instead.
        ver = LooseVersion(mod.__version__)
      C:\Users\suuuj\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-okjae7jx\statsmodels_1fe407c47fb642cb907520ffe58da37f\setup.py:50: DeprecationWarning: distutils Version classes are deprecated. Use packaging.version instead.
        req_ver = LooseVersion(SETUP_REQUIREMENTS[key])
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
          exec(compile('''
          ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^
          # This is <pip-setuptools-caller> -- a caller that pip uses to run setup.py
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
          ...<32 lines>...
          exec(compile(setup_py_code, filename, "exec"))
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
          ''' % ('C:\\Users\\suuuj\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-okjae7jx\\statsmodels_1fe407c47fb642cb907520ffe58da37f\\setup.py',), "<pip-setuptools-caller>", "exec"))
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 35, in <module>
        File "C:\Users\suuuj\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-okjae7jx\statsmodels_1fe407c47fb642cb907520ffe58da37f\setup.py", line 325, in <module>
          version=versioneer.get_version(),
                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
        File "C:\Users\suuuj\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-okjae7jx\statsmodels_1fe407c47fb642cb907520ffe58da37f\versioneer.py", line 1480, in get_version
          return get_versions()["version"]
                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
        File "C:\Users\suuuj\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-okjae7jx\statsmodels_1fe407c47fb642cb907520ffe58da37f\versioneer.py", line 1412, in get_versions
          cfg = get_config_from_root(root)
        File "C:\Users\suuuj\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-okjae7jx\statsmodels_1fe407c47fb642cb907520ffe58da37f\versioneer.py", line 342, in get_config_from_root
          parser = configparser.SafeConfigParser()
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
      AttributeError: module 'configparser' has no attribute 'SafeConfigParser'. Did you mean: 'RawConfigParser'?
      [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.