I am tryin to install a pip module on my windows 11 computer. However I receive the following error message:
pip install dotenv
Collecting dotenv
Using cached dotenv-0.0.5.tar.gz (2.4 kB)
Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error
× python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [67 lines of output]
C:\Users\tolga\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\setuptools\installer.py:27: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setuptools.installer is deprecated. Requirements should be satisfied by a PEP 517 installer.
warnings.warn(
WARNING: The wheel package is not available.
error: subprocess-exited-with-error
python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
exit code: 1
[16 lines of output]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 14, in <module>
File "C:\Users\tolga\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-aje7yoko\distribute_df22646f998648fc97a3f7928dd4b26e\setuptools\__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
from setuptools.extension import Extension, Library
File "C:\Users\tolga\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-aje7yoko\distribute_df22646f998648fc97a3f7928dd4b26e\setuptools\extension.py", line 5, in <module>
from setuptools.dist import _get_unpatched
File "C:\Users\tolga\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-aje7yoko\distribute_df22646f998648fc97a3f7928dd4b26e\setuptools\dist.py", line 7, in <module>
from setuptools.command.install import install
File "C:\Users\tolga\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-aje7yoko\distribute_df22646f998648fc97a3f7928dd4b26e\setuptools\command\__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
from setuptools.command import install_scripts
File "C:\Users\tolga\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-aje7yoko\distribute_df22646f998648fc97a3f7928dd4b26e\setuptools\command\install_scripts.py", line 3, in <module>
from pkg_resources import Distribution, PathMetadata, ensure_directory
File "C:\Users\tolga\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-aje7yoko\distribute_df22646f998648fc97a3f7928dd4b26e\pkg_resources.py", line 1518, in <module>
register_loader_type(importlib_bootstrap.SourceFileLoader, DefaultProvider)
AttributeError: module 'importlib._bootstrap' has no attribute 'SourceFileLoader'
[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.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\tolga\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\setuptools\installer.py", line 82, in fetch_build_egg
subprocess.check_call(cmd)
File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_3.10.1776.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\lib\subprocess.py", line 369, in check_call
raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['C:\\Users\\tolga\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WindowsApps\\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\\python.exe', '-m', 'pip', '--disable-pip-version-check', 'wheel', '--no-deps', '-w', 'C:\\Users\\tolga\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\tmpu566_0w9', '--quiet', 'distribute']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 34, in <module>
File "C:\Users\tolga\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-6o_73kl2\dotenv_b003414150d042bd85e84e2ed2f8252e\setup.py", line 13, in <module>
setup(name='dotenv',
File "C:\Users\tolga\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 86, in setup
_install_setup_requires(attrs)
File "C:\Users\tolga\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 80, in _install_setup_requires
dist.fetch_build_eggs(dist.setup_requires)
File "C:\Users\tolga\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 875, in fetch_build_eggs
resolved_dists = pkg_resources.working_set.resolve(
File "C:\Users\tolga\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 789, in resolve
dist = best[req.key] = env.best_match(
File "C:\Users\tolga\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 1075, in best_match
return self.obtain(req, installer)
File "C:\Users\tolga\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 1087, in obtain
return installer(requirement)
File "C:\Users\tolga\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 945, in fetch_build_egg
return fetch_build_egg(self, req)
File "C:\Users\tolga\AppData\Local\Packages\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\LocalCache\local-packages\Python310\site-packages\setuptools\installer.py", line 84, in fetch_build_egg
raise DistutilsError(str(e)) from e
distutils.errors.DistutilsError: Command '['C:\\Users\\tolga\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\WindowsApps\\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.10_qbz5n2kfra8p0\\python.exe', '-m', 'pip', '--disable-pip-version-check', 'wheel', '--no-deps', '-w', 'C:\\Users\\tolga\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\tmpu566_0w9', '--quiet', 'distribute']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
[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.
I have run upgrade pip and setuptools via following commands although they seemed to be updated the above problem is not solved:
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
pip install --upgrade setuptools
I will appreciate if you can guide me how to solve this problem.