Cannot install pkg_resources using pip
Rich Shepard
rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Mon Apr 17 08:45:51 EDT 2023
On Sun, 16 Apr 2023, Thomas Passin wrote:
> Sorry, Rich, I've never dealt with this so someone else will have to give
> suggestions.
Thomas,
This is all new to me, too.
> I would try to see if there are any versions available. It could be that
> meson says it needs version x but only version y > x is available. Pip
> will quit but meson may very well work with the available version anyway.
> So I would try to install pkg_resources on its own, and then see if the
> meson build can succeed. No guarantees, but I've seen this work before. So
> python3.9 -m pip install --user pkg_resources
>
> Or, to see what versions if any are available:
> python3.9 -m pip install --user pkg_resources==
> # NO spaces allowed before the "==".
Thank you. I'll give this a try.
Regards,
Rich
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