Pip-sync Error: When I run pip-sync requirements.txt requirements-dev.txt , I am getting the following error. And instead of installing packages it uninstalls package.

[Haaarrrssshhh]

Found existing installation: wincertstore 0.2
ERROR: Cannot uninstall 'wincertstore'. It is a distutils installed project and thus we cannot accurately determine which files belong to it which would lead to only a partial uninstall.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "c:\users\harsh zota\anaconda3\envs\fsdl-text-recognizer\lib\runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
"main", mod_spec)
File "c:\users\harsh zota\anaconda3\envs\fsdl-text-recognizer\lib\runpy.py", line 85, in run_code
exec(code, run_globals)
File "C:\Users\Harsh Zota\anaconda3\envs\fsdl-text-recognizer\Scripts\pip-sync.exe_main.py", line 7, in
File "C:\Users\Harsh Zota\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\site-packages\click\core.py", line 829, in call
return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Harsh Zota\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\site-packages\click\core.py", line 782, in main
rv = self.invoke(ctx)
File "C:\Users\Harsh Zota\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\site-packages\click\core.py", line 1066, in invoke
return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
File "C:\Users\Harsh Zota\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\site-packages\click\core.py", line 610, in invoke
return callback(*args, **kwargs)
File "c:\users\harsh zota\anaconda3\envs\fsdl-text-recognizer\lib\site-packages\piptools\scripts\sync.py", line 153, in cli
ask=ask,
File "c:\users\harsh zota\anaconda3\envs\fsdl-text-recognizer\lib\site-packages\piptools\sync.py", line 197, in sync
+ sorted(to_uninstall)
File "c:\users\harsh zota\anaconda3\envs\fsdl-text-recognizer\lib\subprocess.py", line 363, in check_call
raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['c:\users\harsh zota\anaconda3\envs\fsdl-text-recognizer\python.exe', '-m', 'pip', 'uninstall', '-y', 'wincertstore']' returned non-zero exit status 1.

[SasankYadati]

I tried pip-sync --user requirements.txt requirements-dev.txt and it worked. This command will install in the home directory instead of the system directory.

Edit: please don't do this inside a virtual environment.