metadata-generation-failed

[HuZ7z]

i faced this message when i ran pip install pykinect
whats the solution

Collecting pykinect
Using cached pykinect-2.1.zip (44 kB)
Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [53 lines of output]
running egg_info
creating C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-pip-egg-info-pq1rdvwq\pykinect.egg-info
writing C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-pip-egg-info-pq1rdvwq\pykinect.egg-info\PKG-INFO
writing dependency_links to C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-pip-egg-info-pq1rdvwq\pykinect.egg-info\dependency_links.txt
writing top-level names to C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-pip-egg-info-pq1rdvwq\pykinect.egg-info\top_level.txt
writing manifest file 'C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-pip-egg-info-pq1rdvwq\pykinect.egg-info\SOURCES.txt'
C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-xz7u_0mj\pykinect_08b01136959a4a4ea8f12af96b90edae\setup.py:73: DeprecationWarning: SO is deprecated, use EXT_SUFFIX
return build_ext.get_ext_filename(self, ext_name).replace(get_config_var('SO'), '.dll')
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 2, in
File "", line 34, in
File "C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-xz7u_0mj\pykinect_08b01136959a4a4ea8f12af96b90edae\setup.py", line 134, in

setup(**setup_cfg)
File "C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_init_.py", line 103, in setup
return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\core.py", line 185, in setup
return run_commands(dist)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\core.py", line 201, in run_commands
dist.run_commands()
File "C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\dist.py", line 969, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\dist.py", line 989, in run_command
super().run_command(command)
File "C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\dist.py", line 988, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\egg_info.py", line 318, in run
self.find_sources()
File "C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\egg_info.py", line 326, in find_sources
mm.run()
File "C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\egg_info.py", line 548, in run
self.add_defaults()
File "C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\egg_info.py", line 586, in add_defaults
sdist.add_defaults(self)
File "C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\sdist.py", line 113, in add_defaults
super().add_defaults()
File "C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\command\sdist.py", line 251, in add_defaults
self._add_defaults_ext()
File "C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\command\sdist.py", line 335, in _add_defaults_ext
build_ext = self.get_finalized_command('build_ext')
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\cmd.py", line 305, in get_finalized_command
cmd_obj.ensure_finalized()
File "C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools_distutils\cmd.py", line 111, in ensure_finalized
self.finalize_options()
File "C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\build_ext.py", line 201, in finalize_options
filename = ext._file_name = self.get_ext_filename(fullname)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\Huthaifa\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-xz7u_0mj\pykinect_08b01136959a4a4ea8f12af96b90edae\setup.py", line 73, in get_ext_filename
return build_ext.get_ext_filename(self, ext_name).replace(get_config_var('SO'), '.dll')
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: replace() argument 1 must be str, not None
[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.

[rusty1s]

This does not seem to be a PyG issue. Feel free to re-open.

[HuZ7z]

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