How do I install pycairo using pip into python environment under MSYS2 on Windows 10

Question

I am trying to install pycairo into a python virtual environment under MSYS2 on Windows 10 and following the command: pip install pycairo I get the following error:

$ pip3 install pycairo
Collecting pycairo
Using cached pycairo-1.26.1.tar.gz (346 kB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully. │ exit code: 1 ╰─> [5 lines of output] running egg_info
writing pycairo.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing dependency_links to pycairo.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing top-level names to pycairo.egg-info/top_level.txt
error: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified [end of output]

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

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully. │ exit code: 1 ╰─> See above for output.

Other packages install without problems (e.g. webcolors). How can I get this to work?

I tried other versions of pycairo unsuccessfully I have it installed outside of the virtual environment (i.e. through MSYS pacman)