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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"setuptools 60.0.0 breaking change","articleBody":"install_requires should avoid `setuptools\u003e=60` as it results in (apparently) a ModuleNotFound error. We encountered this in GitHub actions calls to `gcloud` tools.\r\n\r\n\r\n#### Environment details\r\n\r\n  - OS type and version: Ubuntu (Github Actions [ubuntu 2004](https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/blob/main/images/linux/Ubuntu2004-README.md))\r\n  - Python version: 3.7.12\r\n  - `pip` version:  20.0.2\r\n  - `google-api-core`  2.3.2\r\n  - `setuptools` 60.0.0\r\n\r\n#### Steps to reproduce\r\n\r\n  1. pip install `google-api-core` with eager upgrade strategy\r\n  2. make call to gcloud \r\n\r\n#### Code example\r\n\r\n```bash\r\n$ pip install --upgrade --upgrade-strategy eager  \"google-api-python-client\u003e=1.0.0\"\r\n$ gcloud container images list-tags\r\nERROR: gcloud failed to load (gcloud.container.images.list_tags): Problem loading gcloud.container.images.list_tags: No module named 'setuptools._distutils'.\r\n\r\n# then try\r\n$ pip install --upgrade --upgrade-strategy eager  \"setuptools\u003c60\" \"google-api-python-client\u003e=1.0.0\"\r\n$ gcloud container images list-tags\r\nERROR: (gcloud.container.images.list-tags) argument IMAGE_NAME: Must be specified.\r\n# This is the expected result .... \r\n```\r\n\r\n####  CLI output in failure case\r\n```\r\nERROR: gcloud failed to load (gcloud.container.images.list_tags): Problem loading gcloud.container.images.list_tags: No module named 'setuptools._distutils'.\r\n\r\nThis usually indicates corruption in your gcloud installation or problems with your Python interpreter.\r\n\r\nPlease verify that the following is the path to a working Python 2.7 or 3.5+ executable:\r\n    /Users/jason.brown/.virtualenvs/dgx/bin/python3\r\nIf it is not, please set the CLOUDSDK_PYTHON environment variable to point to a working Python 2.7 or 3.5+ executable.\r\n\r\nIf you are still experiencing problems, please run the following command to reinstall:\r\n    $ gcloud components reinstall\r\n\r\nIf that command fails, please reinstall the Cloud SDK using the instructions here:\r\n    https://cloud.google.com/sdk/\r\n\r\n```\r\n\r\n \r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/vpipkt","@type":"Person","name":"vpipkt"},"datePublished":"2021-12-20T14:56:41.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":6},"url":"https://github.com/325/python-api-core/issues/325"}