Error while checking for conflicts during Python 3.8.5 installation

[haydenedelson]

• pip version: 20.2.1
• Python version: 3.8.5
• Operating system: Mac

Received following error message during Install Certificates procedure:

ERROR: Error while checking for conflicts. Please file an issue on pip's issue tracker: https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/new
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3021, in _dep_map
    return self.__dep_map
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2815, in __getattr__
    raise AttributeError(attr)
AttributeError: _DistInfoDistribution__dep_map

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3012, in _parsed_pkg_info
    return self._pkg_info
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2815, in __getattr__
    raise AttributeError(attr)
AttributeError: _pkg_info

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/commands/install.py", line 535, in _determine_conflicts
    return check_install_conflicts(to_install)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/check.py", line 108, in check_install_conflicts
    package_set, _ = create_package_set_from_installed()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_internal/operations/check.py", line 50, in create_package_set_from_installed
    package_set[name] = PackageDetails(dist.version, dist.requires())
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2736, in requires
    dm = self._dep_map
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3023, in _dep_map
    self.__dep_map = self._compute_dependencies()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3032, in _compute_dependencies
    for req in self._parsed_pkg_info.get_all('Requires-Dist') or []:
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3014, in _parsed_pkg_info
    metadata = self.get_metadata(self.PKG_INFO)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 1420, in get_metadata
    value = self._get(path)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 1616, in _get
    with open(path, 'rb') as stream:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/~etuptools-41.2.0.dist-info/METADATA'

Process still appears to have completed successfully.

[uranusjr]

#8676.