Error while pip installing openai-whisper

[Jarjanazy]

While running the command python -m pip install -U openai-whisper I am getting the error DeprecationWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API.

I am running on Windows 11 Home OS build 22631.4317, Python version 3.13.0, and pip version 24.2

How can I resolve this?

Thanks.

[samarasimhapeyala]

Hi @Jarjanazy

This is a warning rather than an error, meaning that while it won't stop your installation, it's indicating that the pkg_resources module is being phased out in favor of alternatives.
The warning may be triggered by an older version of setuptools. You can try updating it python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools and it's better create a separate virtual env and setup if not done already.

[Jarjanazy]

I still get the same error with setuptools version 75.2.0, this is the version I got when updating the library

[samarasimhapeyala]

Can you try pip install --use-pep517 -e . and refer this pypa/setuptools#3981. Still unresolved, better clone the repository, create a virtual env and install requirements via pip install . or pip install -r requirements.txt

[Jarjanazy]

Still not working :/

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[joshuaeroman]

I encountered the same thing after upgrading to Fedora 41. Seems pip/Python 3.13 will block the use of pkg_resources. My solution was to install it with python 3.12:

python3.12 -m ensurepip
python3.12 -m pip install openai-whisper

As for Python 3.13 it appears there's a PR with a fix here: #2409

[owntheweb]

Good evening. I seem to be hitting this as well. I'm using Windows 11 Home, OS build 22631.4460. pyenv is installed and I've tried Python version 3.10.11, 3.11.5, 3.12.8. I'm running pyenv via PowerShell.

A lot of this Python (and Python on Windows) is newer to me. However, I can say I had it installed and running three months ago. Maybe I can try an older version of openai-whisper for now? I'm digging there now and will report once I find a solution.

[dend]

On a Windows machine, switching to Python 3.12 resolved the issue (at least until openai-whisper is updated for Python 3.13).

Starting with Python 3.13, pkg_resources was deprecated, and it's called out in the official documentation.

Use of pkg_resources is deprecated in favor of importlib.resources, importlib.metadata and their backports (importlib_resources, importlib_metadata). Some useful APIs are also provided by packaging (e.g. requirements and version parsing). Users should refrain from new usage of pkg_resources and should work to port to importlib-based solutions.