I am trying to install a package with pip on a system where internet connectivity is not possible. I have all the files (wheel and tar.gz) for the necessary packages on the local hard drive.

When I try to install a package I get this:

(...)> pip install --no-index -f . --no-cache-dir curio
Looking in links: .
Processing c:usersgabe2projectscorrosiondistsendcurio-1.6.tar.gz
  Installing build dependencies ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × pip subprocess to install build dependencies did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [3 lines of output]
      Looking in links: .
      ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement setuptools>=40.8.0 (from versions: none)
      ERROR: No matching distribution found for setuptools>=40.8.0
      [end of output]

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

× pip subprocess to install build dependencies did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> See above for output.

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

It seems like the cause of the error is this:

      ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement setuptools>=40.8.0 (from versions: none)
      ERROR: No matching distribution found for setuptools>=40.8.0

But it’s a lie, because setuptools 65.5.0 is installed.

(...)> pip list
Package       Version
------------- --------------
async-helpers 1.0
hanna-meter   2024.5.19.dev3
pip           23.2.1
setuptools    65.5.0

What is going on?

P.S. All of the required files are present

(...)> ls
async_helpers-1.0-py3-none-any.whl*  hanna_meter-2024.5.19.dev3-py3-none-any.whl*
curio-1.6.tar.gz*                    venv/