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error: can't copy 'PKG-INFO': doesn't exist or not a regular file

ID: python/pip-setup-py-egg-info-failed

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80%Fix Rate
82%Confidence
0Evidence
2024-07-22First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3.7 active — — —
3.8 active — — —
3.9 active — — —
3.10 active — — —

Root Cause

The source distribution is missing the PKG-INFO file, often due to incomplete sdist creation or a corrupted download. setuptools expects this file during installation.

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中文

源代码分发包缺少 PKG-INFO 文件，通常是由于 sdist 创建不完整或下载损坏导致。setuptools 在安装过程中需要此文件。

Workarounds

  1. 80% success 
    Download the package from PyPI manually and inspect the tarball; if corrupted, re-download. Alternatively, install from a wheel if available: pip install package.whl.
  2. 85% success 
    Install directly from the source repository: pip install git+https://github.com/user/repo.git.

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. 85% fail

    If PKG-INFO is missing from the sdist, egg_info cannot generate it without the proper source files.

  2. 90% fail

    The issue is with the package source, not setuptools itself.