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

ID: python/setuptools-version-too-old

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80%Fix Rate
84%Confidence
0Evidence
2025-08-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3.8 active — — —
3.9 active — — —

Root Cause

Setuptools version is old and triggers deprecation warnings.

generic

中文

setuptools 版本过旧，触发弃用警告。

Workarounds

  1. 95% success Upgrade setuptools 
    pip install --upgrade setuptools
  2. 90% success Use pip install . instead 
    pip install .

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Ignoring the warning 50% fail

    May break in future versions.

  2. Using python setup.py install 60% fail

    Deprecated method.