I am trying to install a library in a virtualenv instance with pip. The library version I want (wxPython 3.0.2)
is not available on PyPi; it is only available for download from SourceForge. Thus, I have the source tarball downloaded on my machine and I am trying to install it in such a way that it will play nicely with virtualenv.
(I am on a Windows computer, running Python 2.7.)
I have tried the following:
doing a direct install: pip install wxPython-src-3.0.2.0.tar.bz2
extracting the files from the tarball to wxPython-src-3.0.2.0, then installing from the extracted directory: pip install wxPython-src-3.0.2.0
extracting the files from the tarball, then navigating into the extracted folder to the nested wxPython directory, which holds the setup.py file, and then installing from there: pip install wxPython
The last attempt seems the most promising, but I get the following traceback:
Processing \wxpython-src-3.0.2.0\wxpython
Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
Setuptools must be installed to build an egg
----------------------------------------
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in c:\users\__MY_USERNAME__\appdata\local\temp\pip-req-build-q0pxlt\
This is also strange, because it suggests I don't have setuptools even though I can run pip list and see version 40.6.3 installed.
Any help appreciated.
Why not install a precompiled version? There are a lot of .exe files at SF. You probably need wxPython3.0-win64-3.0.2.0-py27.exe.
Also take a look at Christoph Gohlke's collection.
If you still insist on installing from sources please bear in mind that wxPython 3 is so old it predates pip. Forget about pip.
First, you need to install wxWidgets as wxPython is just a Python wrapper for wxWidgets C++ library. Extract wxPython-src-3.0.2.0.tar.bz2 and follow instructions in wxPython-src-3.0.2.0/docs/msw/install.txt.
After compiling and installing wxWidgets compile wxPython. See wxPython-src-3.0.2.0/wxPython/docs/BUILD.txt.
My eventual solution was the easy way out: installing my package (wxPython) locally as #phd suggested, and opting for local package access via either virtualenv --system-site-packages env or deleting the "no-global-site-packages.txt" file in an existing environment folder.
Not what I expected to do, but it works so no complaints.
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Okay, so, I'm running Python 3.4.3 with pip 9.0.1, with the setuptools and wheel.
I'm running this inside JetBrains PyCharm Professional 2017.2.3.
The issue I'm having is trying to install the twitter api packages from this tutorial (ya I'm a n00b) http://wiki.openhatch.org/Twitter
I'm struggling with installing the 4 dependencies mentioned in the first part of the tutorial (httplib2, simplejson, oauth2 and python-twitter)
Honestly, I'm just getting back into programming and this is a project I'd like to complete.
So, I need help with:
Installing pip, and how to use it, and where (python shell or command line or)
the dev.twitter.com website (and where to find what I need from there)
Any help is massively appreciated and sorry if I sound really n00by, but do correct me where I'm using incorrect terms etc because that's how I learn I guess :)
If you haven't got pip installed, find your python installation file.Execute it and choose 'Change Python Installation'. Now choose 'pip' to install and 'add python.exe to path'. Wait for it to finish. Now run windows command line and type:
pip install package_name
Sometimes you may experience that a package isn't available on pip or doesn't work.There are 2 common (not always working) ways to install a package without making pip download the file:
1) A package may be available as a .whl file for download.Download it.Now find it and copy its name .Open a command line in dictionary where it is located and type
pip install **now paste the filename and add .whl**'
2)A package is available as a zip file.Packages are often packed into a zip file.Download the file and extract it.Open a command line in it's directory.You may see setup.py file.Run
python setup.py install
When finished installing pip and adding python to path,you can run:
pip install httplib2 simplejson oauth2 python-twitter
Done.
Once you have pip installed, open the command prompt and just type pip install name_of_the_extension.
In this case, pip install httplib2 will install this package.
I believe you have pip installed on your computer, so it shouldn't be a problem to install the 4 packages you need.
I have a windows 7 machine with python 2.7 and I am trying to install pyzmq following these steps. I built libzmq got the binaries and copied them from libzmq\bin\Win32\Debug\v140\dynamic\ to libzmq\lib\ so the next step will work(compiler will have access to /lib and /includes from the same parent folder). But, on this step:
$ python setup.py configure --zmq=../libzmq
I installed pyzmq and libzmq on the same parent folder, as in the installation description related to pyzmq, libzmq is here: ../libzmq
But when I need to configure the pyzmq, I get this error:
I have VS Community 2015 installed and everything seems fine.
ZMQ usually provides sln files that will build from Microsoft Visual Studio. You will have to dig around a little to find it. You are better off trying to get that to work then going directly from the python setup.py that you are currently attempting. Note that you also need libsodium to be built and installed. Thankfully, they also provide Microsoft sln files.
In any case, you are probably better using one of the Python wheels like those from Christoph http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/
Just do
pip install <wheel file>
and you should be good.
Good luck!
I have been trying to install paramiko module on windows without success. I have been getting errors related to Visual C++ compiler missing. Is it possible to install paramiko without having to go through compile process.
Based on the method from this question this is what I would suggest (assuming you already have >=python-2.7.9 installed, if not, upgrade, 2.7.9 comes with pip, pre 2.7.9 doesn't):
Get the appropriate pycrypto whl file (based on python version and win32/win_amd64). I've found some available here (can't vouch for the site as I don't use python on windows much).
Run pip install pycrypto-stuff.whl (in a command prompt window in the directory where you've saved the pycrypto whl file).
Run pip install paramiko (in a command prompt, but can be in w/e folder you like).
That should do the trick. In general a simple pip install package_name would work, but pycrypto does not provide a wheel file (binary package), therefore you have to build it. By the sound of it you don't have Visual C++ installed (or not the right version, it only works for one, I don't recall which), pycrypto needs an extension package built to use the system crypto libraries, which is why the source package isn't working.
I was able to get it working by installing the following packages using pip.
pip install bcrypt cryptography pynacl paramiko
These were the packages my Linux install used as prerequisites, so they should work on windows as well.
I've been spending hours on this. I'm new to Python and can't see what the solution may be.
I have Python 3.4 and want to work with .docx, which requires lxml.
The workflow I've done so far is: I go to the Python lxml package installer page, but it's quite confusing to know which version I need. I tried with several of them that contained the 34 numbers, both .exe and .tar. I also tried pip install lxml3.4.4 and pip install lxml 3.4.4. None of them worked either.
This is what the command prompt says when I did pip install lxml (it automatically grabs the lxml 3.4.4 I've downloaded and then prints what you can see in the screenshot):
What am I doing wrong and what can I do to repair it? And/or what exact version of lxml do I need to install from where? I am really discouraged that this is so difficult. Thanks
As said at the lxml homepage, it happened to you:
If you fail to build lxml on your MS Windows system from the signed and tested sources that we release, consider using the binary builds from PyPI or the unofficial Windows binaries that Christoph Gohlke generously provides.
So you have to download the right wheel file from Unofficial Windows Binaries for Python Extension Packages.
Step 1: Download appropriate version
Depending on your machine you have to download the wheel file lxml‑3.4.4‑cp34‑none‑win32.whl or lxml‑3.4.4‑cp34‑none‑win_amd64.whl, because you want the version for Python3.4 (that's the 34 in cp34).
Step 2: Open cmd and navigate to the download folder
I have chosen to open the cmd in administrator mode. But this is probably not necessary for you.
Step 3: Install wheel file with pip
Now you have to install the unofficial wheel file with pip. Maybe you can do pip install pip --upgrade before you install the wheel file. But this is probably also not necessary for you. To do the installation, just type pip install <downloaded_file>.
Or as cgohlke mentioned in his comment to your question: If you can't do pip install in cmd directly, this is what you can try: C:\Python34\python.exe -m pip install <downloaded_file>. You have to edit the path if Python3.4 is installed elsewhere, of course.
Don't panic. If you try to install the wrong downloaded file (e. g. win32 instead of amd64), it shouldn't break anything. An error message should occur: <package name> is not a supported wheel on this platform.
While I was installing Python libraries on Linux, it threw the below error. How can I fix it?
I ran the below command to install:
python setup.py install
Output:
running install
running build
running build_ext
error: pyconfig.h: No such file or directory
The first thing to try is to install the appropriate module via your package manager. Each distro has many, many, many Python modules already packaged and ready to go.
If you insist on installing a module from source then you'll need the development package for your distro's Python. This is usually called python-devel, python-dev, or something similar. Use the package manager to install it.