What could be the problem with XDG?

Question

linux

Unable to use ProtonVPN CLI, startup error is as follows:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/protonvpn", line 11, in <module>
    load_entry_point('protonvpn-gui==1.7.0', 'console_scripts', 'protonvpn')()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 490, in load_entry_point
    return get_distribution(dist).load_entry_point(group, name)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2854, in load_entry_point
    return ep.load()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2445, in load
    return self.resolve()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2451, in resolve
    module = __import__(self.module_name, fromlist=['__name__'], level=0)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/protonvpn_gui/main.py", line 16, in <module>
    from protonvpn_nm_lib.api import protonvpn
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/protonvpn_nm_lib/api.py", line 2, in <module>
    from .core.country import Country
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/protonvpn_nm_lib/core/__init__.py", line 3, in <module>
    from ..constants import APP_CONFIG, APP_VERSION, LOGGER_NAME
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/protonvpn_nm_lib/constants.py", line 8, in <module>
    from xdg import BaseDirectory
ImportError: cannot import name 'BaseDirectory' from 'xdg' (/home/user/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/xdg/__init__.py)

Reinstalling both the full client and XDG. Runs with sudo but refuses to function.