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@@ -123,6 +123,23 @@ Installing SolidPython
 
       pip install git+https://github.com/SolidCode/SolidPython.git
 
+- Set up a virtual environment with an older version of ``setuptools``:
+
+  .. code:: bash
+
+      python -m venv solid_env
+
+
+      .\solid_env\Scripts\activate
+
+
+      python -m pip install solidpython setuptools==80.9.0
+
+  (This version of SolidPython uses ``pkg_resources``, which is deprecated and 
+  not used in new versions of ``setuptools``. It can be useful to set up a 
+  `virtual environment <https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html>`__ with 
+  an older version of ``setuptools`` for that reason)
+
 Using SolidPython
 =================