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.