Macos source build node-gyp error on yarn install

[manylov]

Describe the bug

Can not yarn install on macos

got error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/maksimmanylov/casper/light-clients/lodestar/lodestar/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py", line 42, in <module>
    import gyp  # noqa: E402
    ^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/Users/maksimmanylov/casper/light-clients/lodestar/lodestar/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/__init__.py", line 9, in <module>
    import gyp.input
  File "/Users/maksimmanylov/casper/light-clients/lodestar/lodestar/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/input.py", line 19, in <module>
    from distutils.version import StrictVersion
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

Seems like node-gyp related issue
nodejs/node-gyp#2888

It blocks development on macOs, are there any ways to fix it? node-gyp fix process looks slow.

Expected behavior

no errors

Steps to reproduce

git clone on macos
yarn install

Additional context

No response

Operating system

macOS

Lodestar version or commit hash

latest

[matthewkeil]

I installed python 3.12 and the error is as you mentioned. The official release for 3.12 was just on Oct 2 so its probably not officially supported by node-gyp yet. I am on 3.11 and everything installs smoothly. I can definitely recommend downgrading your python to 3.11 until that bug gets patched.

[wemeetagain]

We no longer use node-gyp, and should get rid of it from our devDependencies

[philknows]

Closing for #7193