ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'setuptools._distutils'

Question

I am getting the exception when I am installing the below package in python.

pip install django_microsoft_auth

Exception

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'setuptools._distutils'

What is the problem here?

Answer 1

I have resolved it with the below option.

Linux

export SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib

Windows

set SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=stdlib

After that, I have executed the pip install command.

pip install django_microsoft_auth

This is the bug in setuptools. See ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'setuptools._distutils' #2353 .

Answer 2

This is a bug in setuptools; see ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'setuptools._distutils' #2353

Answer 3

sudo apt-get install -y python3-distutils