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

- **ID:** `python/setuptools-python-version-too-old`
- **Domain:** python
- **Category:** config_error
- **Verification:** ai_generated
- **Fix Rate:** 80%

## Root Cause

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

## Version Compatibility

| Version | Status | Introduced | Deprecated |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|
| 3.7 | active | — | — |

## 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

- **** — Not a valid pip option. (100% fail)
- **** — May break the package. (70% fail)
- **** — May not exist or have other issues. (60% fail)