Setuptools is a collection of enhancements to the Python distutils that allow developers to more easily build and distribute Python packages, especially ones that have dependencies on other packages.

I still haven't figured out exactly what's happening here, but I have enough info that it seems worth filing the issue so someone more knowledgeable can dig in. Now, taking this created virtualenv and ...

Making sure pip and setuptools are properly installed is important because they manage package setup. If they are missing or outdated, they can prevent installations. Updating or reinstalling them ...

Replace “python” with “python3” for installing Python 3.x version. Please note that get-pip.py will also install setuptools and wheel. As I mentioned earlier ...