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Python Troubleshooting: “build backend is missing the ‘build_editable’ hook”

If you are trying to run the pip install -e . command on a Python project, but are receiving the error message “ERROR: Project file://… has a ‘pyproject.toml’ and its build backend is missing the ‘build_editable’ hook. Since it does not have a ‘setup.py’ nor a ‘setup.cfg’, it cannot be installed in editable mode. Consider using a build backend that supports PEP 660.“, you may need to run “pip install -U pip” and try again.

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