Title: Pip install dotenv, Error 1 Windows 10 Pro
Tags: python,error-handling,pip,download,dotenv

Question: When I do pip install dotenv it says this -
`Collecting dotenv
Using cached dotenv-0.0.5.tar.gz (2.4 kB)
Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error
× python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [72 lines of output]
C:\Users\Anju Tiwari\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\installer.py:27: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setuptools.installer is deprecated. Requirements should be satisfied by
a PEP 517 installer.
warnings.warn(
error: subprocess-exited-with-error
    python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
    exit code: 1
 
    [17 lines of output]
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
      File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 14, in <module>
      File "C:\Users\Anju Tiwari\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-xv3lcsr9\distribute_009ecda977a04fb699d5559aac28b737\setuptools\__init__.py", line 2, in <module>
        from setuptools.extension import Extension, Library
      File "C:\Users\Anju Tiwari\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-xv3lcsr9\distribute_009ecda977a04fb699d5559aac28b737\setuptools\extension.py", line 5, in <module>
        from setuptools.dist import _get_unpatched
      File "C:\Users\Anju Tiwari\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-xv3lcsr9\distribute_009ecda977a04fb699d5559aac28b737\setuptools\dist.py", line 7, in <module>
        from setuptools.command.install import install
      File "C:\Users\Anju Tiwari\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-xv3lcsr9\distribute_009ecda977a04fb699d5559aac28b737\setuptools\command\__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
        from setuptools.command import install_scripts
      File "C:\Users\Anju Tiwari\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-xv3lcsr9\distribute_009ecda977a04fb699d5559aac28b737\setuptools\command\install_scripts.py", line 3, in <module>
        from pkg_resources import Distribution, PathMetadata, ensure_directory
      File "C:\Users\Anju Tiwari\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-xv3lcsr9\distribute_009ecda977a04fb699d5559aac28b737\pkg_resources.py", line 1518, in <module>
        register_loader_type(importlib_bootstrap.SourceFileLoader, DefaultProvider)
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    AttributeError: module 'importlib._bootstrap' has no attribute 'SourceFileLoader'
    [end of output]
 
    note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
  error: metadata-generation-failed
 
  Encountered error while generating package metadata.
 
  See above for output.
 
  note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
  hint: See above for details.
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "C:\Users\Anju Tiwari\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\installer.py", line 82, in fetch_build_egg
      subprocess.check_call(cmd)
    File "C:\Users\Anju Tiwari\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\subprocess.py", line 413, in check_call
      raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
  subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['C:\\Users\\Anju Tiwari\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python311\\python.exe', '-m', 'pip', '--disable-pip-version-check', 'wheel', '--no-deps', '-w', 'C:\\Users\\ANJUTI~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\tmpcq62ekpo', '--quiet', 'distribute']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
 
  The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
 
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
    File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 34, in <module>
    File "C:\Users\Anju Tiwari\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-j7w9rs9u\dotenv_0f4daa500bef4242bb24b3d9366608eb\setup.py", line 13, in <module>
      setup(name='dotenv',
    File "C:\Users\Anju Tiwari\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 86, in setup
      _install_setup_requires(attrs)
    File "C:\Users\Anju Tiwari\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\__init__.py", line 80, in _install_setup_requires
      dist.fetch_build_eggs(dist.setup_requires)
    File "C:\Users\Anju Tiwari\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 875, in fetch_build_eggs
      resolved_dists = pkg_resources.working_set.resolve(
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "C:\Users\Anju Tiwari\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 789, in resolve
      dist = best[req.key] = env.best_match(
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "C:\Users\Anju Tiwari\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 1075, in best_match
      return self.obtain(req, installer)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "C:\Users\Anju Tiwari\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\pkg_resources\__init__.py", line 1087, in obtain
      return installer(requirement)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "C:\Users\Anju Tiwari\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 945, in fetch_build_egg
      return fetch_build_egg(self, req)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "C:\Users\Anju Tiwari\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\installer.py", line 84, in fetch_build_egg
      raise DistutilsError(str(e)) from e
  distutils.errors.DistutilsError: Command '['C:\\Users\\Anju Tiwari\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python311\\python.exe', '-m', 'pip', '--disable-pip-version-check', 'wheel', '--no-deps', '-w', 'C:\\Users\\ANJUTI~1\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\tmpcq62ekpo', '--quiet', 'distribute']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
  [end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed
× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.
note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.`
I tried doing pip install dotenv but then that error come shown above.
I also tried doing pip install -U dotenv but it didn't work and the same error came. Can someone please help me fix this?

Answer: pip install python-dotenv worked for me.