Cannot install ZDrive using pip

[nabiladnan18]

Hello.

I'm trying to install ZDrive using pip. However, I am getting the following error. I can install any package just not this one. I'm on Windows 11 Pro.

pip install ZDrive
Collecting ZDrive
  Using cached ZDrive-2.1.2-py3-none-any.whl (9.8 kB)
Collecting pathlib>=1.0.1
  Using cached pathlib-1.0.1.tar.gz (49 kB)
  Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [1 lines of output]
      ERROR: Can not execute `setup.py` since setuptools is not available in the build environment.
      [end of output]

  error: subprocess-exited-with-error

  × python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
  │ exit code: 1
  ╰─> [1 lines of output]
      ERROR: Can not execute `setup.py` since setuptools is not available in the build environment.
      [end of output]

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

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details

[jeff-hykin]

same issue here. Pathlib is unmaintained, breaks the install, and is also unneeded. Removing it from the requirements.txt should fix the issue