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Error while installing

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Issue type
Bug
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Needs clarification
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Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Start with setup.py line 40 and the reported python setup.py egg_info output. Determine the installation compatibility issue and verify that the package can complete installation without this syntax error.

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Description

I am new in python. What is the error of this while installing?

Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/private/var/folders/2d/449tr65508b052gjnmbvv3p40000gn/T/pip-build-rp2ndohf/pattern/setup.py", line 40
    print n
          ^
SyntaxError: Missing parentheses in call to 'print'. Did you mean print(int n)?

----------------------------------------

Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /private/var/folders/2d/449tr65508b052gjnmbvv3p40000gn/T/pip-build-rp2ndohf/pattern/

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