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SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setup.py install is deprecated. Use build and pip and other standards-based tools.

ID: python/setuptools-deprecated-setup-py-test

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80%Fix Rate
88%Confidence
0Evidence
2024-01-20First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3.7-3.12 active — — —

Root Cause

Running 'python setup.py install' directly, which setuptools has deprecated in favor of PEP 517 build backends and pip.

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中文

直接运行 'python setup.py install'，setuptools 已弃用该命令，转而推荐 PEP 517 构建后端和 pip。

Workarounds

  1. 95% success 
    pip install .  # or pip install -e . for editable installs
  2. 92% success 
    python -m build && pip install dist/*.whl

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. 95% fail

    Flag only silences script location warnings, not the deprecation warning.

  2. 70% fail

    Downgrading setuptools breaks many modern packages that require recent setuptools features.