[Python] Error while running "pip install gym==0.21.0" in WSL 2: "AttributeError: module...

I ran "pip install gym==0.21.0" then got this

Collecting gym==0.21.0
Using cached gym-0.21.0.tar.gz (1.5 MB)
Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [11 lines of output]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 14, in <module>
File "/root/anaconda3/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 16, in <module>
import setuptools.version
File "/root/anaconda3/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/version.py", line 1, in <module>
import pkg_resources
File "/root/anaconda3/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2191, in <module>
register_finder(pkgutil.ImpImporter, find_on_path)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: module 'pkgutil' has no attribute 'ImpImporter'. Did you mean: 'zipimporter'?
[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.


Can someone help me?

I tried running pip install setuptools==65.5.0 "wheel<0.40.0" then restarting my WSL but it didn't work.

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