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  "root_cause": "A system-managed (distro) importlib-metadata is older than what a package requires, and pkg_resources refuses to proceed because the installed version does not satisfy the requirement.",
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  "root_cause_zh": "系统（发行版）管理的 importlib-metadata 版本低于某个包的要求，pkg_resources 因已安装版本不满足要求而拒绝继续。",
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      "how": "Upgrade in user space: `pip install --user -U 'importlib-metadata>=4.6.4'` and ensure `~/.local/lib` precedes `/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages` on sys.path.",
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