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• I'm using version 1.16

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What operating system are you using?

macOS

Operating System Version

macOS 15.1.1

Reproduction steps

1. I installed suggested node version 20.18.0
2. Checked out the source code
3. Run npm install inside the root directory

Reproduces how often: [What percentage of the time does it reproduce?]

Expected Behavior

npm install should run just fine.

Actual Behavior

npm installfails and I cannot setup the repository for development.

Relevant log output

File "/Users/devtobi/Development/repositories/github/stretchly/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py", line 42, in <module>
npm error     import gyp  # noqa: E402
npm error     ^^^^^^^^^^
npm error   File "/Users/devtobi/Development/repositories/github/stretchly/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/__init__.py", line 9, in <module>
npm error     import gyp.input
npm error   File "/Users/devtobi/Development/repositories/github/stretchly/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/input.py", line 19, in <module>
npm error     from distutils.version import StrictVersion
npm error ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

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