unable to pip install godirect

[AsafAsher]

When trying to install the godirect package it requires the pythonnet package and raises an error.
is the pythonnet necessary because I can't find its use in the code.

see below------

C:\Users\asafa>pip install pythonnet
Collecting pythonnet
Using cached pythonnet-2.5.2.tar.gz (1.9 MB)
Requirement already satisfied: pycparser in c:\users\asafa\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\lib\site-packages (from pythonnet) (2.20)
Using legacy 'setup.py install' for pythonnet, since package 'wheel' is not installed.
Installing collected packages: pythonnet
Running setup.py install for pythonnet ... error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
command: 'c:\users\asafa\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\python.exe' -u -c 'import io, os, sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\Users\asafa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-06v_3t3e\pythonnet_29af4c179f7546eabe08fc2e7b2b0608\setup.py'"'"'; file='"'"'C:\Users\asafa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-06v_3t3e\pythonnet_29af4c179f7546eabe08fc2e7b2b0608\setup.py'"'"';f = getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(file) if os.path.exists(file) else io.StringIO('"'"'from setuptools import setup; setup()'"'"');code = f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, file, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\asafa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-z0gpg_03\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'c:\users\asafa\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\Include\pythonnet'
cwd: C:\Users\asafa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-06v_3t3e\pythonnet_29af4c179f7546eabe08fc2e7b2b0608
Complete output (6 lines):
usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...]
or: setup.py --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...]
or: setup.py --help-commands
or: setup.py cmd --help

error: option --single-version-externally-managed not recognized
----------------------------------------

ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: 'c:\users\asafa\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\python.exe' -u -c 'import io, os, sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\Users\asafa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-06v_3t3e\pythonnet_29af4c179f7546eabe08fc2e7b2b0608\setup.py'"'"'; file='"'"'C:\Users\asafa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-06v_3t3e\pythonnet_29af4c179f7546eabe08fc2e7b2b0608\setup.py'"'"';f = getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(file) if os.path.exists(file) else io.StringIO('"'"'from setuptools import setup; setup()'"'"');code = f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, file, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\asafa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-z0gpg_03\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'c:\users\asafa\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\Include\pythonnet' Check the logs for full command output.

[stocktonkincade]

This is a Windows, Python 3.9 problem only. We will add the following details to the documentation.

The godirect module includes a dependency called pythonnet that currently does not install with pip on Windows running Python version 3.9. Until this issue is fixed, this dependency must be installed directly from a wheel file, prior to installing godirect. Follow these steps:

1. Go to https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#pythonnet
2. Download the wheel file for pythonnet that is appropriate for your system.
   For 64-bit Python: pythonnet‑2.5.2‑cp39‑cp39‑win_amd64.whl
   For 32-bit Python: pythonnet‑2.5.2‑cp39‑cp39‑win32.whl
3. Run the following command, where "path to wheel file" is the full path to the wheel file you just downloaded

   pip install path to wheel file
   (for example, pip install C:\Users\jdoe\Downloads\pythonnet-2.5.2-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl)

4. Install godirect as normal

   pip install godirect