pip install -e . fails

[saroad2]

Description

When trying to install a development bundle of darglint, an error message appears.

Here is the log I got when I tryed to use pip install -e . in a virtual environment:

Obtaining file:///C:/Users/sagi/PycharmProjects/darglint
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Checking if build backend supports build_editable ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
  Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Installing collected packages: darglint
  Running setup.py develop for darglint
    error: subprocess-exited-with-error
    
    × python setup.py develop 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: subprocess-exited-with-error

× python setup.py develop 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.