Pip install: Error “No module named 'setuptools' ”

Question

I've been having trouble installing pyinstaller on Windows. Using the command:

C:\\Users\\Chris>py -m pip install pyinstaller --user

I keep getting the error:

Collecting pyinstaller Using cached PyInstaller-3.3.tar.gz Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info: Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in <module> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'setuptools' ---------------------------------------- Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in C:\\Users\\Chris\\Ap pData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-build-jvfkrm8f\\pyinstaller\\

I have tried upgrading setuptools

C:\\Users\\Chris>py -m pip install setuptools --upgrade Requirement already up-to-date: setuptools in c:\\users\\chris\\lib\\site-packages

I also tried uninstalling and reinstalling setuptools.

How can I fix this?

Answer 1

Try doing

pip<py version> install pyinstaller --user

Like

pip3.6 install pyinstaller