Pip Wxpython Gives Modulenotfounderror: No Module Named 'Attrdict'

Installing wxpython with pip gives the error ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'attrdict'

Details:

py -3.10-64 -m pip install -U wxpython

Collecting wxpython
  Using cached wxPython-4.2.0.tar.gz (71.0 MB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [8 lines of output]
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
        File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 34, in <module>
        File "C:\Users\Bernard\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-dokcizpt\wxpython_662eefb4314c47eba7b194b4d07a8e18\setup.py", line 27, in <module>
          from buildtools.config import Config, msg, opj, runcmd, canGetSOName, getSOName
        File "C:\Users\Bernard\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-dokcizpt\wxpython_662eefb4314c47eba7b194b4d07a8e18\buildtools\config.py", line 30, in <module>
          from attrdict import AttrDict
      ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'attrdict'
      [end of output]

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

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.

What works

installing other packages works, e.g.

py -3.10-64 -m pip install -U mido Requirement already satisfied: mido in c:\python311\lib\site-packages (1.2.10)

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