Another attempt

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.17)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18)
 include(CheckIPOSupported)
 include(tools/CompilerWarnings.cmake)
 
 project(quicktex)
 
 # Find dependencies
-find_package(Python COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
+find_package(Python COMPONENTS Interpreter Development.Module)
 find_package(pybind11 CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(OpenMP)
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ requires = [
     "setuptools>=61",
     "setuptools_scm>=6.2",
     "wheel",
-    "cmake>=3.17",
+    "cmake>=3.18",
     "pybind11~=2.6.1",
     "ninja; sys_platform != 'win32'",
 ]

setup.py

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class CMakeBuild(build_ext):
         cmake_args = [
             "-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY={}".format(extdir),
             "-Dpybind11_DIR={}".format(pybind11.get_cmake_dir()),
+            "-DPython_EXECUTABLE={}".format(sys.executable),
             "-DPython_ROOT_DIR={}".format(os.path.dirname(sys.executable)),
             "-DQUICKTEX_VERSION_INFO={}".format(version),
             "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE={}".format(cfg),  # not used on MSVC, but no harm