[Python] AttributeError: module 'pkgutil' has no attribute 'ImpImporter'. Did you mean:...

I'm getting this error when installing numpy on my Windows system. This is a new installation.

python --version

Windows: Python 3.13.2


pip --version

pip 25.0.1 from C:\Users\jcald\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\site-packages\pip (python 3.13)


pip list

Package Version
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pip 25.0.1


------In my venv:

python --version
Python 3.13.


pip list

Package Version
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aider-install 0.1.3
blinker 1.9.0
click 8.1.8
colorama 0.4.6
Flask 3.1.0
itsdangerous 2.2.0
Jinja2 3.1.5
MarkupSafe 3.0.2
pip 25.0.1
setuptools 75.8.2
uv 0.6.4
Werkzeug 3.1.


pip install 'numpy==1.24.3'

Collecting numpy==1.24.3 Using cached numpy-1.24.3.tar.gz (10.9 MB) Installing build dependencies ... done Getting requirements to build wheel ... error error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully. │ exit code: 1 ╰─> [32 lines of output] Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\jcald.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 389, in main() ~~~~^^ File "C:\Users\jcald.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 373, in main json_out["return_val"] = hook(**hook_input["kwargs"]) ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "C:\Users\jcald.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 137, in get_requires_for_build_wheel backend = _build_backend() File "C:\Users\jcald.venv\Lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 70, in build_backend obj = import_module(mod_path) File "C:\Users\jcald\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python313\Lib\importlib_init.py", line 88, in import_module return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "", line 1387, in _gcd_import File "", line 1360, in _find_and_load File "", line 1310, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "", line 488, in _call_with_frames_removed File "", line 1387, in _gcd_import File "", line 1331, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "", line 935, in load_unlocked File "", line 1026, in exec_module File "", line 488, in call_with_frames_removed File "C:\Users\jcald\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-c0a7la_0\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_init.py", line 16, in import setuptools.version File "C:\Users\jcald\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-c0a7la_0\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\version.py", line 1, in import pkg_resources File "C:\Users\jcald\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-c0a7la_0\overlay\Lib\site-packages\pkg_resources_init.py", line 2172, in register_finder(pkgutil.ImpImporter, find_on_path) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ AttributeError: module 'pkgutil' has no attribute 'ImpImporter'. Did you mean: 'zipimporter'? [end of output]
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