Mask_rcnn: module 'setuptools.dist' has no attribute 'check_specifier'

[seansun32]

When I run python3 setup.py install, the error log comes out

File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2237, in resolve
AttributeError: module 'setuptools.dist' has no attribute 'check_specifier'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 67, in <module>
    keywords="image instance segmentation object detection mask rcnn r-cnn tensorflow keras",
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/distutils/core.py", line 108, in setup
    _setup_distribution = dist = klass(attrs)
  File "/usr/share/python-wheels/setuptools-20.7.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/setuptools/dist.py", line 272, in __init__
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/distutils/dist.py", line 281, in __init__
    self.finalize_options()
  File "/usr/share/python-wheels/setuptools-20.7.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/setuptools/dist.py", line 327, in finalize_options
  File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2229, in load
  File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2239, in resolve
ImportError: module 'setuptools.dist' has no attribute 'check_specifier'

from easy_install --version ,below is my setup tools version
setuptools 39.2.0 from /home/seansun/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages (Python 3.5)

somebody please give a help

[PratibhaT]

I'm getting same error. How did you resolve this?

[seansun32]

@PratibhaT I guess you are following the installation instruction under the root dir, while that installation instruction is for MS Coco samples.

[Jilliansea]

@seansun32 so where should i run the command? not maskrcnn root dir?

[seansun32]

@Jilliansea Mask_RCNN/samples/coco/

[acamargofb]

I am having the same problem, I follow the following steps:

1. Install dependencies
   bash pip3 install -r requirements.txt
2. Clone this repository
3. Run setup from the repository root directory
   ```bash
   python3 setup.py install
   Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2237, in resolve
   AttributeError: module 'setuptools.dist' has no attribute 'check_specifier'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "setup.py", line 67, in
keywords="image instance segmentation object detection mask rcnn r-cnn tensorflow keras",
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/distutils/core.py", line 108, in setup
_setup_distribution = dist = klass(attrs)
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/setuptools-20.7.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/setuptools/dist.py", line 272, in __init__
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/distutils/dist.py", line 281, in __init__
self.finalize_options()
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/setuptools-20.7.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/setuptools/dist.py", line 327, in finalize_options
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2229, in load
File "/usr/share/python-wheels/pkg_resources-0.0.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2239, in resolve
ImportError: module 'setuptools.dist' has no attribute 'check_specifier'

[nhjkjh0608]

@acamargofb @seansun32 @PratibhaT
Hello
I solved this error.
This might be helpful.

pip install --upgrade pip
hash -r pip
pip3 install --upgrade pip
hash -r pip3
cd (Mask RCNN root folder)
sudo python3 setup.py install