AttributeError: module 'configparser' has no attribute 'SafeConfigParser'

> [!NOTE]
> Migrated from [augurlabs/augur#3051](https://github.com/augurlabs/augur/issues/3051)
> Originally opened by `@officialasishkumar` on 2025-03-12

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**Description:**
While following the guide of [augur installation
](https://oss-augur.readthedocs.io/en/dev/getting-started/installation.html#general-augur-installation-steps-irrespective-of-operating-system), I'm getting an error after running `make install`. I suspect this error is because of my python version

```
$ python3 --version
Python 3.12.2
```

I did some changes while creating the virtual environment and the installation command worked with no errors.

here are the commands that i ran

```
python3.10 -m venv $HOME/.virtualenvs/augur_env
source $HOME/.virtualenvs/augur_env/bin/activate
pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel
make install
```

**How to reproduce:**
1. Use python3.12.2 while creating virtual environment
2. run `make install` after following the installation guide of augur

**Expected behavior:**
`make install` should work with no errors.

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**Log files**
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**Software versions:**
- Augur: N/A
- OS: Linux Mint 21.2 x86_64
- Browser: (if applicable)