python config_error ai_generated true

error: Python 3.8 or greater is required for this package. You are using Python 3.7.

ID: python/setuptools-python-version-too-old

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80%Fix Rate
88%Confidence
0Evidence
2025-04-15First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3.7 active — — —

Root Cause

The package's setup.py or pyproject.toml specifies a minimum Python version that is higher than the installed Python.

generic

中文

包的setup.py或pyproject.toml指定的最低Python版本高于已安装的Python。

Workarounds

  1. 90% success 
    Install Python 3.8+ from python.org or use pyenv
  2. 95% success 
    python3.8 -m venv venv && source venv/bin/activate && pip install package
  3. 80% success 
    pip install 'package<2.0' if older versions support Python 3.7

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. 100% fail

    Not a valid pip option.

  2. 70% fail

    May break the package.

  3. 60% fail

    May not exist or have other issues.