I want to install PyPDF3 on my Linux Mint, but the error message I get is (a) at great length but (b) doesn't helps me much. Any hints? Thank you kav@webdev:~$ cat /etc/issue Linux Mint 21.1 Vera \n \l kav@webdev:~$ python3 --version Python 3.10.12 kav@webdev:~$ kav@webdev:~$ python3 -m pip --version pip 25.1.1 from /home/kav/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip (python 3.10) kav@webdev:~$ python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable Requirement already satisfied: pip in ./.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (25.1.1) Requirement already satisfied: setuptools in ./.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (80.9.0) Requirement already satisfied: wheel in ./.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages (0.45.1) kav@webdev:~$ kav@webdev:~$ python3 -m pip install PyPDF3 Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable Collecting PyPDF3 Using cached PyPDF3-1.0.6.tar.gz (294 kB) Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error error: subprocess-exited-with-error × python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully. ¦ exit code: 1 ?-> [43 lines of output] /home/kav/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py:759: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: License classifiers are deprecated. !! ******************************************************************************** Please consider removing the following classifiers in favor of a SPDX license expression: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License See https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/writing-pyproject-toml/#license for details. ******************************************************************************** !! self._finalize_license_expression() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 2, in <module> File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 35, in <module> File "/tmp/pip-install-bnuv6_o8/pypdf3_b5126c15a4cc4a86a69ed0c77f86a7f5/setup.py", line 32, in <module> setup( File "/home/kav/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/core.py", line 186, in setup return run_commands(dist) File "/home/kav/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/core.py", line 202, in run_commands dist.run_commands() File "/home/kav/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 1002, in run_commands self.run_command(cmd) File "/home/kav/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 1102, in run_command super().run_command(command) File "/home/kav/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 1021, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "/home/kav/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 312, in run self.find_sources() File "/home/kav/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 320, in find_sources mm.run() File "/home/kav/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 548, in run self.prune_file_list() File "/home/kav/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/command/sdist.py", line 162, in prune_file_list super().prune_file_list() File "/home/kav/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/command/sdist.py", line 386, in prune_file_list base_dir = self.distribution.get_fullname() File "/home/kav/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/_core_metadata.py", line 275, in get_fullname return _distribution_fullname(self.get_name(), self.get_version()) File "/home/kav/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/_core_metadata.py", line 293, in _distribution_fullname canonicalize_version(version, strip_trailing_zero=False), TypeError: canonicalize_version() got an unexpected keyword argument 'strip_trailing_zero' [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. kav@webdev:~$ Continue reading...
