install cannot find built package in gh action macos worker

[Maxcode123]

I'm writing a C extension (called dictionaries) and when building the package with python setup.py install on github-actions workers everything looks fine for linux and windows (who knew?) workers whereas for macos workers after successfully installing the package it goes on to look for it on pypi.

Here are the logs from the macos-worker:

Installed /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/dictionaries-0.1.0-py3.10-macosx-10.9-universal2.egg
Processing dependencies for dictionaries==0.1.0
Searching for dictionaries==0.1.0
Reading https://pypi.org/simple/dictionaries/
/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.10/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py:123: PkgResourcesDeprecationWarning:  is an invalid version and will not be supported in a future release
  warnings.warn(
No local packages or working download links found for dictionaries==0.1.0
error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('dictionaries==0.1.0')

Linux worker logs:

Installed /opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.10.15/x64/lib/python3.10/site-packages/dictionaries-0.1.0-py3.10-linux-x86_64.egg
Processing dependencies for dictionaries==0.1.0
Finished processing dependencies for dictionaries==0.1.0

It seems like on Linux and Windows when processing dependencies, after having installed the package, setuptools find the local package, but on MacOs it doesn't.

Is this some known behaviour of MacOS systems?

[abravalheri]

Please don't use python setup.py install. Using setup.py as a CLI tool is deprecated (setup.py should only be used as a configuration file, not CLI).

Does the error persist if you use pip instead?

[Maxcode123]

Hey, thanks for the answer.
I'm trying to build the package and that's where the error originates; I'm not sure how to build the package using pip, maybe you mean I should use python -m build?

[Maxcode123]

Scratch the above; I think I got it now. I used pip install -e . to install the local package. Thanks for the support :)