Question: I recently upgraded to the latest version of python version 3.10.0  and upgraded pip also to the latest version 21.2.4. Now I cannot use pip to install anything. This is the error it gives for anything I try to install. C:\Users\AMAL>pip install numpy Collecting numpy Using cached numpy-1.21.2.zip (10.3 MB) Installing build dependencies ... done Getting requirements to build wheel ... done Preparing wheel metadata ... done Building wheels for collected packages: numpy Building wheel for numpy (PEP 517) ... error ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: command: 'C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\python.exe' 'C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pep517\in_process\_in_process.py' build_wheel 'C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpemhtoti3' cwd: C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-d1uxnt6o\numpy_5af9ff0d696c40848bc7d07b456797b7 Complete output (208 lines): setup.py:63: RuntimeWarning: NumPy 1.21.2 may not yet support Python 3.10. warnings.warn( Running from numpy source directory. C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-d1uxnt6o\numpy_5af9ff0d696c40848bc7d07b456797b7\tools\cythonize.py:69: DeprecationWarning: The distutils package is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.12. Use setuptools or check PEP 632 for potential alternatives from distutils.version import LooseVersion Processing numpy/random\_bounded_integers.pxd.in Processing numpy/random\bit_generator.pyx Processing numpy/random\mtrand.pyx Processing numpy/random\_bounded_integers.pyx.in Processing numpy/random\_common.pyx Processing numpy/random\_generator.pyx Processing numpy/random\_mt19937.pyx Processing numpy/random\_pcg64.pyx Processing numpy/random\_philox.pyx Processing numpy/random\_sfc64.pyx Cythonizing sources blas_opt_info: blas_mkl_info: No module named 'numpy.distutils._msvccompiler' in numpy.distutils; trying from distutils customize MSVCCompiler libraries mkl_rt not found in ['C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\lib', 'C:\\', 'C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\libs'] NOT AVAILABLE blis_info: libraries blis not found in ['C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\lib', 'C:\\', 'C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\libs'] NOT AVAILABLE openblas_info: libraries openblas not found in ['C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\lib', 'C:\\', 'C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\libs'] get_default_fcompiler: matching types: '['gnu', 'intelv', 'absoft', 'compaqv', 'intelev', 'gnu95', 'g95', 'intelvem', 'intelem', 'flang']' customize GnuFCompiler Could not locate executable g77 Could not locate executable f77 customize IntelVisualFCompiler Could not locate executable ifort Could not locate executable ifl customize AbsoftFCompiler Could not locate executable f90 customize CompaqVisualFCompiler Could not locate executable DF customize IntelItaniumVisualFCompiler Could not locate executable efl customize Gnu95FCompiler Could not locate executable gfortran Could not locate executable f95 customize G95FCompiler Could not locate executable g95 customize IntelEM64VisualFCompiler customize IntelEM64TFCompiler Could not locate executable efort Could not locate executable efc customize PGroupFlangCompiler Could not locate executable flang don't know how to compile Fortran code on platform 'nt' NOT AVAILABLE accelerate_info: NOT AVAILABLE atlas_3_10_blas_threads_info: Setting PTATLAS=ATLAS libraries tatlas not found in ['C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\lib', 'C:\\', 'C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\libs'] NOT AVAILABLE atlas_3_10_blas_info: libraries satlas not found in ['C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\lib', 'C:\\', 'C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\libs'] NOT AVAILABLE atlas_blas_threads_info: Setting PTATLAS=ATLAS libraries ptf77blas,ptcblas,atlas not found in ['C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\lib', 'C:\\', 'C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\libs'] NOT AVAILABLE atlas_blas_info: libraries f77blas,cblas,atlas not found in ['C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\lib', 'C:\\', 'C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\libs'] NOT AVAILABLE C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-d1uxnt6o\numpy_5af9ff0d696c40848bc7d07b456797b7\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:2026: UserWarning: Optimized (vendor) Blas libraries are not found. Falls back to netlib Blas library which has worse performance. A better performance should be easily gained by switching Blas library. if self._calc_info(blas): blas_info: libraries blas not found in ['C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\lib', 'C:\\', 'C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\libs'] NOT AVAILABLE C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-d1uxnt6o\numpy_5af9ff0d696c40848bc7d07b456797b7\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:2026: UserWarning: Blas (http://www.netlib.org/blas/) libraries not found. Directories to search for the libraries can be specified in the numpy/distutils/site.cfg file (section [blas]) or by setting the BLAS environment variable. if self._calc_info(blas): blas_src_info: NOT AVAILABLE C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-d1uxnt6o\numpy_5af9ff0d696c40848bc7d07b456797b7\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:2026: UserWarning: Blas (http://www.netlib.org/blas/) sources not found. Directories to search for the sources can be specified in the numpy/distutils/site.cfg file (section [blas_src]) or by setting the BLAS_SRC environment variable. if self._calc_info(blas): NOT AVAILABLE non-existing path in 'numpy\\distutils': 'site.cfg' lapack_opt_info: lapack_mkl_info: libraries mkl_rt not found in ['C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\lib', 'C:\\', 'C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\libs'] NOT AVAILABLE openblas_lapack_info: libraries openblas not found in ['C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\lib', 'C:\\', 'C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\libs'] NOT AVAILABLE openblas_clapack_info: libraries openblas,lapack not found in ['C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\lib', 'C:\\', 'C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\libs'] NOT AVAILABLE flame_info: libraries flame not found in ['C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\lib', 'C:\\', 'C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\libs'] NOT AVAILABLE atlas_3_10_threads_info: Setting PTATLAS=ATLAS libraries lapack_atlas not found in C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib libraries tatlas,tatlas not found in C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib libraries lapack_atlas not found in C:\ libraries tatlas,tatlas not found in C:\ libraries lapack_atlas not found in C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\libs libraries tatlas,tatlas not found in C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\libs <class 'numpy.distutils.system_info.atlas_3_10_threads_info'> NOT AVAILABLE atlas_3_10_info: libraries lapack_atlas not found in C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib libraries satlas,satlas not found in C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib libraries lapack_atlas not found in C:\ libraries satlas,satlas not found in C:\ libraries lapack_atlas not found in C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\libs libraries satlas,satlas not found in C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\libs <class 'numpy.distutils.system_info.atlas_3_10_info'> NOT AVAILABLE atlas_threads_info: Setting PTATLAS=ATLAS libraries lapack_atlas not found in C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib libraries ptf77blas,ptcblas,atlas not found in C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib libraries lapack_atlas not found in C:\ libraries ptf77blas,ptcblas,atlas not found in C:\ libraries lapack_atlas not found in C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\libs libraries ptf77blas,ptcblas,atlas not found in C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\libs <class 'numpy.distutils.system_info.atlas_threads_info'> NOT AVAILABLE atlas_info: libraries lapack_atlas not found in C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib libraries f77blas,cblas,atlas not found in C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib libraries lapack_atlas not found in C:\ libraries f77blas,cblas,atlas not found in C:\ libraries lapack_atlas not found in C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\libs libraries f77blas,cblas,atlas not found in C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\libs <class 'numpy.distutils.system_info.atlas_info'> NOT AVAILABLE lapack_info: libraries lapack not found in ['C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\lib', 'C:\\', 'C:\\Users\\AMAL\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python310\\libs'] NOT AVAILABLE C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-d1uxnt6o\numpy_5af9ff0d696c40848bc7d07b456797b7\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:1858: UserWarning: Lapack (http://www.netlib.org/lapack/) libraries not found. Directories to search for the libraries can be specified in the numpy/distutils/site.cfg file (section [lapack]) or by setting the LAPACK environment variable. return getattr(self, '_calc_info_{}'.format(name))() lapack_src_info: NOT AVAILABLE C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-d1uxnt6o\numpy_5af9ff0d696c40848bc7d07b456797b7\numpy\distutils\system_info.py:1858: UserWarning: Lapack (http://www.netlib.org/lapack/) sources not found. Directories to search for the sources can be specified in the numpy/distutils/site.cfg file (section [lapack_src]) or by setting the LAPACK_SRC environment variable. return getattr(self, '_calc_info_{}'.format(name))() NOT AVAILABLE numpy_linalg_lapack_lite: FOUND: language = c define_macros = [('HAVE_BLAS_ILP64', None), ('BLAS_SYMBOL_SUFFIX', '64_')] Warning: attempted relative import with no known parent package C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\distutils\dist.py:274: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'define_macros' warnings.warn(msg) running bdist_wheel running build running config_cc unifing config_cc, config, build_clib, build_ext, build commands --compiler options running config_fc unifing config_fc, config, build_clib, build_ext, build commands --fcompiler options running build_src build_src building py_modules sources creating build creating build\src.win-amd64-3.10 creating build\src.win-amd64-3.10\numpy creating build\src.win-amd64-3.10\numpy\distutils building library "npymath" sources error: Microsoft Visual C++ 14.0 is required. Get it with "Build Tools for Visual Studio": https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/ ---------------------------------------- ERROR: Failed building wheel for numpy Failed to build numpy ERROR: Could not build wheels for numpy which use PEP 517 and cannot be installed directly  I tried downgrading both python and pip back but the issue still persists. Also tried to create a virtualenv and in that also the same issue persists. When I downgraded the following is the error C:\Users\AMAL>python -m pip install torch Collecting torch Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/8e/57/3066077aa16a852f3da0239796fa487baba0104ca2eb26f9ca4f56a7a86d/torch-1.7.0-cp38-cp38m-win_amd64.whl (184.0MB) |████████████████████████████████| 184.0MB 67kB/s ERROR: Exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\base_command.py", line 188, in main status = self.run(options, args) File "C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\commands\install.py", line 345, in run resolver.resolve(requirement_set) File "C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\legacy_resolve.py", line 196, in resolve self._resolve_one(requirement_set, req) File "C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\legacy_resolve.py", line 362, in _resolve_one dist = abstract_dist.get_pkg_resources_distribution() File "C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\distributions\wheel.py", line 13, in get_pkg_resources_distribution return list(pkg_resources.find_distributions( IndexError: list index out of range C:\Users\AMAL>python --version Python 3.8.4rc1 C:\Users\AMAL>python -m pip install torch Collecting torch Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/8e/57/3066077aa16a852f3da0239796fa487baba0104ca2eb26f9ca4f56a7a86d/torch-1.7.0-cp38-cp38m-win_amd64.whl (184.0MB) |████████████████████████████████| 184.0MB 67kB/s ERROR: Exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\cli\base_command.py", line 188, in main status = self.run(options, args) File "C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\commands\install.py", line 345, in run resolver.resolve(requirement_set) File "C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\legacy_resolve.py", line 196, in resolve self._resolve_one(requirement_set, req) File "C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\legacy_resolve.py", line 362, in _resolve_one dist = abstract_dist.get_pkg_resources_distribution() File "C:\Users\AMAL\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\lib\site-packages\pip\_internal\distributions\wheel.py", line 13, in get_pkg_resources_distribution return list(pkg_resources.find_distributions( IndexError: list index out of range C:\Users\AMAL>python --version Python 3.8.4rc1  I would greatly appreciate guidance on how to install the latest version of python and pip that supports libraries like pygame and numpy.

Answer: Try to upgrade your pip pip install --upgrade pip