ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'

[mrbdwzrdojos]

I have followed the guide to install sd web ui on Nobara 43 KDE Plasma Desktop Edition and have encountered the title error when executing the .sh file.

Operating System: Nobara Linux 43
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.24.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 6.19.8-200.nobara.fc43.x86_64 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor
Memory: 32 GiB of RAM (31.3 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB

This is the output after running the command ./webui.sh:

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Install script for stable-diffusion + Web UI
Tested on Debian 11 (Bullseye), Fedora 34+ and openSUSE Leap 15.4 or newer.
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Running on mrbdwzrdojos user
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Repo already cloned, using it as install directory
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Create and activate python venv
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Launching launch.py...
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glibc version is 2.42
Check TCMalloc: libtcmalloc_minimal.so.4
libtcmalloc_minimal.so.4 is linked with libc.so,execute LD_PRELOAD=/lib64/libtcmalloc_minimal.so.4
Python 3.10.20 (main, Mar 3 2026, 00:00:00) [GCC 15.2.1 20260123 (Red Hat 15.2.1-7)]
Version: v1.10.1
Commit hash: 82a973c04367123ae98bd9abdf80d9eda9b910e2
Installing clip
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/mrbdwzrdojos/stable-diffusion-webui/launch.py", line 48, in
main()
File "/home/mrbdwzrdojos/stable-diffusion-webui/launch.py", line 39, in main
prepare_environment()
File "/home/mrbdwzrdojos/stable-diffusion-webui/modules/launch_utils.py", line 394, in prepare_environment
run_pip(f"install {clip_package}", "clip")
File "/home/mrbdwzrdojos/stable-diffusion-webui/modules/launch_utils.py", line 144, in run_pip
return run(f'"{python}" -m pip {command} --prefer-binary{index_url_line}', desc=f"Installing {desc}", errdesc=f"Couldn't install {desc}", live=live)
File "/home/mrbdwzrdojos/stable-diffusion-webui/modules/launch_utils.py", line 116, in run
raise RuntimeError("\n".join(error_bits))
RuntimeError: Couldn't install clip.
Command: "/home/mrbdwzrdojos/stable-diffusion-webui/venv/bin/python" -m pip install https://github.com/openai/CLIP/archive/d50d76daa670286dd6cacf3bcd80b5e4823fc8e1.zip --prefer-binary
Error code: 1
stdout: Collecting https://github.com/openai/CLIP/archive/d50d76daa670286dd6cacf3bcd80b5e4823fc8e1.zip
Using cached https://github.com/openai/CLIP/archive/d50d76daa670286dd6cacf3bcd80b5e4823fc8e1.zip (4.3 MB)
Installing build dependencies: started
Installing build dependencies: finished with status 'done'
Getting requirements to build wheel: started
Getting requirements to build wheel: finished with status 'error'

stderr: error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [17 lines of output]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/mrbdwzrdojos/stable-diffusion-webui/venv/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 389, in
main()
File "/home/mrbdwzrdojos/stable-diffusion-webui/venv/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 373, in main
json_out["return_val"] = hook(**hook_input["kwargs"])
File "/home/mrbdwzrdojos/stable-diffusion-webui/venv/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 143, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return hook(config_settings)
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-ay8bci6v/overlay/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 333, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=[])
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-ay8bci6v/overlay/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 301, in _get_build_requires
self.run_setup()
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-ay8bci6v/overlay/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 520, in run_setup
super().run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-ay8bci6v/overlay/lib/python3.10/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.

[notice] A new release of pip is available: 25.1.1 -> 26.0.1
[notice] To update, run: pip install --upgrade pip
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> See above for output.

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.