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name: Setuptools warns about Python 2 incompatibility
about: Report the issue where setuptools 45 or later stops working on Python 2
title: Incompatible install in (summarize your environment)
labels: Python 2
assignees: ''

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Setuptools 45 dropped support for Python 2 with a strenuous warning and Setuptools 47 fails to run on Python 2.

In most cases, using pip 9 or later to install Setuptools from PyPI or any index supporting the Requires-Python metadata will do the right thing and install Setuptools 44.x on Python 2.

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## Prerequisites

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- [ ] Read [Python 2 Sunset docs](https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/python%202%20sunset.html).
- [ ] Python 2 is required for this application.
- [ ] I maintain the software that installs Setuptools (if not, please contact that project).
- [ ] Setuptools installed with pip 9 or later.
- [ ] Pinning Setuptools to `setuptools<45` in the environment was unsuccessful.

## Environment Details

- Operating System and version:
- Python version:
- Python installed how:
- Virtualenv version (if using virtualenv): n/a

Command(s) that triggered the warning/error (and output):

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Command(s) used to install setuptools (and output):

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Output of `pip --version` when installing setuptools:

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## Other notes