anki crashed with ModuleNotFoundError in Noble

[Sudip Mukherjee]

anki fails to run with the error:

$ anki
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/anki", line 6, in <module>
    import aqt
  File "/usr/share/anki/aqt/__init__.py", line 4, in <module>
    from anki import version as _version
  File "/usr/share/anki/anki/__init__.py", line 14, in <module>
    from anki.storage import Collection
  File "/usr/share/anki/anki/storage.py", line 13, in <module>
    from anki.collection import _Collection
  File "/usr/share/anki/anki/collection.py", line 26, in <module>
    from anki.sound import stripSounds
  File "/usr/share/anki/anki/sound.py", line 89, in <module>
    from anki.mpv import MPV, MPVBase
  File "/usr/share/anki/anki/mpv.py", line 39, in <module>
    from distutils.spawn import find_executable # pylint: disable=import-error,no-name-in-module
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'distutils'

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: anki 2.1.15+dfsg-3ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-22.22-generic 6.8.1
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.0-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Apr 17 21:33:16 2024
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/anki
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-04-10 (7 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Beta amd64 (20240410)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python3.12
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/anki
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.12, Python 3.12.3, python3-minimal, 3.12.3-0ubuntu1
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/anki']
PythonDetails: N/A
SourcePackage: anki
Title: anki crashed with ModuleNotFoundError in /usr/share/anki/anki/mpv.py: No module named 'distutils'
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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