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Unable to install setuptools from GitHub main #1527
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This is causing me issues. On Ubuntu 20.04, I'm trying to install from a local mirror via
I think having |
I've tried relying on PEP-517 which has landed, but ran into issues. See also #2001 where I expended some energy on this effort. |
According to Can someone shed a light on what I missed? (I know nothing about egg_info, I may miss something big). |
The underlying problem is this:
The The Does that clarify? |
A bit, thanks. But I won't spend too much time on it as it looks like it's no longer usefull thanks to pip / PEP 517. |
It would be nice if pip were able to install setuptools from GitHub main branch. Instead, if one attempts to pip install, an error about the bootstrap script is emitted:
I'm wondering if there's a solution to this limitation. I can imagine a few:
There are probably others. Only the first option seems (somewhat) clean.
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