Works for python 3.9.7 if you install it manually but not through pip

[Anurag-Shah]

On python 3.9.7:
if I download and run python setup.py build then python setup.py install it installs fine, but if i try installing it through pip I get an error. I've provided the error trace below.

Trace:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "C:\Users\anura\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-44bg093q\pyplatec_85548a435d534e13891adf2a57b1f157\setup.py", line 36, in
setup (name = 'PyPlatec',
File "C:\Python310\lib\site-packages\setuptools_init_.py", line 153, in setup
return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
File "C:\Python310\lib\distutils\core.py", line 148, in setup
dist.run_commands()
File "C:\Python310\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 966, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "C:\Python310\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 985, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "C:\Python310\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\install.py", line 61, in run
return orig.install.run(self)
File "C:\Python310\lib\distutils\command\install.py", line 580, in run
self.run_command(cmd_name)
File "C:\Python310\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "C:\Python310\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 985, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "C:\Python310\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\install_egg_info.py", line 34, in run
self.run_command('egg_info')
File "C:\Python310\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "C:\Python310\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 985, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "C:\Python310\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\egg_info.py", line 299, in run
self.find_sources()
File "C:\Python310\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\egg_info.py", line 306, in find_sources
mm.run()
File "C:\Python310\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\egg_info.py", line 541, in run
self.add_defaults()
File "C:\Python310\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\egg_info.py", line 585, in add_defaults
self.read_manifest()
File "C:\Python310\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\sdist.py", line 188, in read_manifest
self.filelist.append(line)
File "C:\Python310\lib\site-packages\setuptools\command\egg_info.py", line 483, in append
path = convert_path(item)
File "C:\Python310\lib\distutils\util.py", line 124, in convert_path
raise ValueError("path '%s' cannot be absolute" % pathname)
ValueError: path '/home/federico/repos/plate-tectonics/src/bounds.cpp' cannot be absolute