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+import site, sys, setuptools
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/7953#issuecomment-645133255
+    site.ENABLE_USER_SITE = "--user" in sys.argv[1:]
+    setuptools.setup()
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