Error install openai whisper - can't install easy_install

Question

When install openai whisper, I am getting an error because I can't import easy_install from setuptools

I have tried using curl to grab it from bootstrap but again won't import.

Does any have a solution. This is the error I'm getting below:

quote (new-env) homekit-ai-env➜ whisper git:(main) pip install . Processing /Users/user/homekit-ai-env/whisper Installing build dependencies ... done Getting requirements to build wheel ... done ERROR: Exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/user/homekit-ai-env/new-env/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py", line 106, in _run_wrapper status = _inner_run() File "/Users/user/homekit-ai-env/new-env/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/base_command.py", line 97, in _inner_run return self.run(options, args) ~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/Users/user/homekit-ai-env/new-env/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/cli/req_command.py", line 67, in wrapper return func(self, options, args) File "/Users/user/homekit-ai-env/new-env/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/commands/install.py", line 386, in run requirement_set = resolver.resolve( reqs, check_supported_wheels=not options.target_dir ) File "/Users/user/homekit-ai-env/new-env/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/resolver.py", line 76, in resolve collected = self.factory.collect_root_requirements(root_reqs) File "/Users/user/homekit-ai-env/new-env/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/factory.py", line 545, in collect_root_requirements reqs = list( self._make_requirements_from_install_req( ...<2 lines>... ) ) File "/Users/user/homekit-ai-env/new-env/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/factory.py", line 501, in _make_requirements_from_install_req cand = self._make_base_candidate_from_link( ireq.link, ...<2 lines>... version=None, ) File "/Users/user/homekit-ai-env/new-env/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/factory.py", line 233, in _make_base_candidate_from_link self._link_candidate_cache[link] = LinkCandidate( ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^ link, ^^^^^ ...<3 lines>... version=version, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ) ^ File "/Users/user/homekit-ai-env/new-env/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py", line 304, in init super().init( ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^ link=link, ^^^^^^^^^^ ...<4 lines>... version=version, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ) ^ File "/Users/user/homekit-ai-env/new-env/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py", line 159, in init self.dist = self._prepare() ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^ File "/Users/user/homekit-ai-env/new-env/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py", line 236, in _prepare dist = self._prepare_distribution() File "/Users/user/homekit-ai-env/new-env/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/resolution/resolvelib/candidates.py", line 315, in _prepare_distribution return preparer.prepare_linked_requirement(self._ireq, parallel_builds=True) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/Users/user/homekit-ai-env/new-env/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/prepare.py", line 527, in prepare_linked_requirement return self._prepare_linked_requirement(req, parallel_builds) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/Users/user/homekit-ai-env/new-env/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/prepare.py", line 642, in _prepare_linked_requirement dist = _get_prepared_distribution( req, ...<3 lines>... self.check_build_deps, ) File "/Users/user/homekit-ai-env/new-env/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/prepare.py", line 72, in _get_prepared_distribution abstract_dist.prepare_distribution_metadata( ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^ finder, build_isolation, check_build_deps ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ) ^ File "/Users/user/homekit-ai-env/new-env/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/distributions/sdist.py", line 56, in prepare_distribution_metadata self._install_build_reqs(finder) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^ File "/Users/user/homekit-ai-env/new-env/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/distributions/sdist.py", line 126, in _install_build_reqs build_reqs = self._get_build_requires_wheel() File "/Users/user/homekit-ai-env/new-env/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/distributions/sdist.py", line 103, in _get_build_requires_wheel return backend.get_requires_for_build_wheel() ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^ File "/Users/user/homekit-ai-env/new-env/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_internal/utils/misc.py", line 702, in get_requires_for_build_wheel return super().get_requires_for_build_wheel(config_settings=cs) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/Users/user/homekit-ai-env/new-env/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_impl.py", line 196, in get_requires_for_build_wheel return self._call_hook( ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^ "get_requires_for_build_wheel", {"config_settings": config_settings} ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ) ^ File "/Users/user/homekit-ai-env/new-env/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_impl.py", line 402, in _call_hook raise BackendUnavailable( ...<4 lines>... ) pip._vendor.pyproject_hooks._impl.BackendUnavailable: Cannot import 'setuptools.build_meta' >quote