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error: invalid command 'egg_info'

ID: python/pip-egg-info-missing-requires

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80%Fix Rate
85%Confidence
0Evidence
2024-03-15First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3.8 active — — —
3.9 active — — —
3.10 active — — —
3.11 active — — —

Root Cause

The setuptools package is not installed or is outdated, causing the 'egg_info' command to be unavailable during package build.

generic

中文

setuptools 未安装或版本过旧，导致构建包时 'egg_info' 命令不可用。

Workarounds

  1. 95% success Install or upgrade setuptools explicitly 
    pip install --upgrade setuptools
  2. 80% success Use python -m ensurepip to bootstrap 
    python -m ensurepip --upgrade

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Reinstalling pip using 'pip install --upgrade pip' 60% fail

    Pip upgrade does not address missing setuptools.

  2. Manually creating an egg-info directory 80% fail

    The directory structure is incomplete and doesn't fix the underlying command absence.