Cannot install ryu on mininet VM

[govwin]

Cannot install ryu on mininet VM.

mininet@mininet-vm:~/ryu$ pip install ryu
DEPRECATION: Python 2.7 reached the end of its life on January 1st, 2020. Please upgrade your Python as Python 2.7 is no longer maintained. pip 21.0 will drop support for Python 2.7 in January 2021. More details about Python 2 support in pip can be found at https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/development/release-process/#python-2-support pip 21.0 will remove support for this functionality.
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Collecting ryu
  Using cached ryu-4.34.tar.gz (1.1 MB)
Collecting eventlet!=0.18.3,!=0.20.1,!=0.21.0,!=0.23.0,>=0.18.2
  Using cached eventlet-0.33.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl (226 kB)
Collecting msgpack>=0.3.0
  Using cached msgpack-1.0.4.tar.gz (128 kB)
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
  Installing backend dependencies ... done
    Preparing wheel metadata ... error
    ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: /usr/bin/python2 /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/_in_process.py prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel /tmp/tmpWaemOM
         cwd: /tmp/pip-install-UTXhG2/msgpack
    Complete output (2 lines):
    running dist_info
    error: 'egg_base' must be a directory name (got `/tmp/pip-modern-metadata-K57krI`)
    ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: /usr/bin/python2 /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/_in_process.py prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel /tmp/tmpWaemOM Check the logs for full command output.

[lantz]

Have you tried pip3 install ryu?

[govwin]

Thanks, that worked.

But I had already moved on with installation of mininet on ubuntu instead of 'mininet provided VM'. Also installed ryu with apt.