Cannot install pkg_resources using pip

[Rich Shepard]

On Sun, 16 Apr 2023, Thomas Passin wrote:

> Sorry, Rich, I've never dealt with this so someone else will have to give
> suggestions.

Thomas,

This is all new to me, too.

> I would try to see if there are any versions available. It could be that
> meson says it needs version x but only version y > x is available. Pip
> will quit but meson may very well work with the available version anyway.
> So I would try to install pkg_resources on its own, and then see if the
> meson build can succeed. No guarantees, but I've seen this work before. So
> python3.9 -m pip install --user pkg_resources
>
> Or, to see what versions if any are available:
> python3.9 -m pip install --user pkg_resources==
> # NO spaces allowed before the "==".

Thank you. I'll give this a try.

Regards,

Rich