Can not Install Ryu: AttributeError: module 'setuptools.command.easy_install' has no attribute 'get_script_args'

[faniAhmed]

I have been trying to install Ryu for few days but was not able to get around this error. I have been stuck for long and need to install it as soon as possible to continue working.

fani@fani-VMware-Virtual-Platform:~/ryu$ pip install . --break-system-packages
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Processing /home/fani/ryu
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error
  
  × python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [9 lines of output]
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
        File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 34, in <module>
        File "/home/fani/ryu/setup.py", line 21, in <module>
          ryu.hooks.save_orig()
        File "/home/fani/ryu/ryu/hooks.py", line 36, in save_orig
          _main_module()._orig_get_script_args = easy_install.get_script_args
                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
      AttributeError: module 'setuptools.command.easy_install' has no attribute 'get_script_args'
      [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.

[ZAHID188]

I had the same issue

Python 3.8.19
pip 24.2 from C:\mycodes\envs\python\lib\site-packages\pip (python 3.8)

** Downgrading setuptools Solved my problem **

pip uninstall setuptools
pip install setuptools==67.6.1
cd ryu, pip install .

Thank you