error in instalation.

[BonsayCreativity]

my spec is

I just dont understand how I always failed to instal stable diffusion, last week i can, it's work perfectly, but since I instal microsoft cc or whatever it is I don't reember, it's seem like nothing gonna run .
any idea?

File "D:\Stable Diffusion 1111\webui\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 "D:\Stable Diffusion 1111\webui\venv\lib\site-packages\pip_vendor\pyproject_hooks_in_process_in_process.py", line 143, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return hook(config_settings)
File "C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-h66k1u1_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 333, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return self.get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=[])
File "C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-h66k1u1\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 301, in get_build_requires
self.run_setup()
File "C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-h66k1u1\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 520, in run_setup
super().run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
File "C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-h66k1u1_\overlay\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 317, in run_setup
exec(code, locals())
File "", line 3, in
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'
[end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
ERROR: Failed to build 'https://github.com/openai/CLIP/archive/d50d76daa670286dd6cacf3bcd80b5e4823fc8e1.zip' when getting requirements to build wheel

[gherteran]

I've got the same problem, dont know the answer yet.

[BonsayCreativity]

it's always frustate me

[sageliebi-maker]

You’re not crazy...

This line is the key:
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'

pkg_resources comes from setuptools — which is a core Python packaging tool.
If it’s missing, your Python environment is basically half-broken, and anything that tries to build packages (like Stable Diffusion installing CLIP) will explode exactly like this.

This usually happens when one of these gets installed or updated:
Microsoft Visual Studio
Microsoft C++ Build Tools
Some other app that silently installs its own Python or messes with PATH
It doesn’t break Stable Diffusion directly — it breaks Python’s packaging system.

We’re going to repair setuptools inside Stable Diffusion’s venv.

1. Go to your Stable Diffusion folder:
   D:\Stable Diffusion 1111\webui

2. In the address bar, type:
   cmd
   and press Enter (opens command prompt there)

3. Run this EXACT command:
   venv\Scripts\python.exe -m ensurepip --upgrade

4. Then run:
   venv\Scripts\python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel

his reinstalls the missing core tools (pkg_resources lives inside setuptools).
Sometimes the venv is too corrupted. Then we just rebuild it clean.
Inside D:\Stable Diffusion 1111\webui:

Delete the broken venv
Delete this folder:
webui\venv

Start Stable Diffusion again

Double-click:
webui-user.bat
It will:

• Recreate the virtual environment
• Reinstall all Python packages
• Rebuild CLIP correctly
  First launch takes a while — that’s normal.

If SD starts working again, do this to prevent future pain:
Inside the SD folder, edit webui-user.bat and add:

set PIP_IGNORE_INSTALLED=0
set PYTHONNOUSERSITE=1

This helps stop Windows/global Python from interfering.

good luck

[BonsayCreativity]

you know what? you are my life saviour, and I owe you ! thank you so much for saving all my project.

[Tekeshix]

Hello!
I had the same problem, and I solved it, but now my question is:
Why did this error started to appear literally 2-3 days ago? I mean what produced it? A1111 WebUI wasn't updated in 2 years, the same with openai clip github repo. What exactly gave "life" to this error 3 days ago?
I ask this, because 4 days ago, I reinstalled A1111 WebUI and everything went perfectly fine. But 3 days ago I wanted to reinstall it on other machine and it just started giving this error out of nowhere.
Thanks!

[u4iha]

Try #17283 (comment)

[Tekeshix]

The solution that worked for me was this:

pip install setuptools==69.5.1
pip install git+https://github.com/openai/CLIP.git@d50d76daa670286dd6cacf3bcd80b5e4823fc8e1?target=https://github.com --prefer-binary

If it doesn't work with the commands from above, use these ones instead (these ones actually solved it for good for me):

pip install setuptools==69.5.1
pip install git+https://github.com/openai/CLIP.git@d50d76daa670286dd6cacf3bcd80b5e4823fc8e1?target=https://github.com --no-build-isolation