pip install -U setuptools fail windows 10
I have the same error. Not sure why it happened. But I managed to upgrade by running:pip install setuptools --upgrade --ignore-installed
You can also try:
easy_install --upgrade setuptools Even though easy_install's deprecated, there's a good chance it'll still work on Windows.
If you try to use pip to upgrade setuptools:
pip install -U setuptoolsit seems to get stuck on an error about 10.0 vs 18.0 "You should consider upgrading via the 'python -m pip install --upgrade pip' command."
The official pip doco(https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/#upgrading-pip) says on Windows to use this:
python -m pip install --upgrade pipHowever, it seemed pip and setuptools had a hiccup with a circular dependency or lock around pip-v9.0 or 10.0 to pip-18.0 and setuptools v28.0 to v39.0 or 40.0 so persevere with this:
python -m pip install --force-reinstall pipYou need setuptools >= 39.0 if you want to install pipenv also.