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Hope someone can help me! I appreciate it.

I tried to download some open source from GitHub, but it shows "No module named pkg_resources". Then I searched some solution from No module named pkg_resources , but it showed the error below. I also found some solution from other articles, but it still not working.

Installing Setuptools
running install
error: can't create or remove files in install directory

The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the
installation directory:

    [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/test-easy-install-48274.write-test'

The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
the distutils default setting) was:

    /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/

Perhaps your account does not have write access to this directory?  If the
installation directory is a system-owned directory, you may need to sign in
as the administrator or "root" account.  If you do not have administrative
access to this machine, you may wish to choose a different installation
directory, preferably one that is listed in your PYTHONPATH environment
variable.

For information on other options, you may wish to consult the
documentation at:

  https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/easy_install.html

Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.

Something went wrong during the installation.
See the error message above.

p.s. I couldn't open that link in the error messages https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/easy_install.html.

By the way, I've checked my pip version and it also showed "No module named pkg_resources". I'm confused because I use Python for like 1-2 years, and everything goes fine, but I just found this error message today. If I couldn't solve this problem, it might be a huge trouble because I can't download everything about "Pip".

Megan
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Probably the easiest solution would be to download get-pip.py, then run it using sudo:

sudo python3 get-pip.py

assuming you have admin permissions on your computer. easy_install has been deprecated for a long time, and pip is definitely the way to go. By reinstalling pip, setuptools and all its dependencies should be correctly installed as well.

MattDMo
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  • Great! It works for me though I got another error while downloading that open source. By the way, do I need to install easy_install? – Megan Jun 17 '22 at 17:02
  • No, you don't need `easy_install`. `pip` handles pretty much everything nowadays. – MattDMo Jun 17 '22 at 17:03