I tried to install a python package using setup.py but failed.
Any idea about that? I am on Ubuntu 14.04.
pip install setup.py
You just mixed up something.Have a look at pip install usage and Installing Python Modules.
If you want to download a module source distribution and install it, you should unpack the archive into a similarly-named directory: foo-1.0. Additionally, the distribution will contain a setup script setup.py,and then run this command from a terminal:
python setup.py install
You can use pip install if you want to install packages from:
PyPI (and other indexes) using requirement specifiers.
VCS project urls.
Local project directories.
Local or remote source archives.
Hope this helps.
Use the following:
python setup.py install
Try this python setup.py install
Navigate to the folder containing the package
eg: cd /Desktop/packages/foo-1.0/
you can install the package either by
python setup.py install
or by
pip install ./
in Linux use
sudo python3 setup.py install
I usually try to install libraries for python by :
sudo apt-get install python-lib name
and when the operation is complete I can't import the library I have tried this for pygame,tk and other libs. I also usually can't install any library with pip because it gives me a bunch of error and I have also tried installing packages with their source by :
python setup.py build
python setup.py install
and usually I get errors on the "build" part.
What should I do?
Are you using Ubuntu? Probably yes. Ubuntu have two versions of python preinstalled: python2.7 and python3.4. Your command is installing library for python2.7. If you are writing your script for python 3.4, then you fail with import libraries. Try using sudo apt-get install python3-packagename to install library for python3.
edit:
are you using your pip command with sudo? sudo pip instal ...?
Is there any way to install requests-kerberos on Windows?
When I try to install it with pip I have the following error:
py -m pip install requests-kerberos
ImportError: No module named 'commands'
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in C:\Users\user1\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-n8s_inn\kerberos
I would be grateful if anyone knew another kerberos module. I'm using Python 3.4 and Windows 8.
Best regards.
The commands module was deprecated in python 2.6.
Thus, the issue appears to be a problem with your pip installation, and not with requests-kerberos.
There are a few things you can try, but I would focus on ensuring pip is working correctly. While you could install the package manually, you are really just pushing the pip problem down the road until the next time you install a package.
Ensure pip is installed correctly.
Use the pip command to ensure you are running pip in the python 3.4 context: (Note, this is my output, yours will be different because you are on Windows and running 3.4)
$ pip --version
pip 1.5.6 from /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg (python 2.7)
Additional information about pip can be found here.
Download and install manually
Download the package manually from the pypi repo.
Download the .tar.gz
Extract the tar.gz and run python setup.py install
I'm trying to install via pip some libraries but I'm having some problems.
When I try to install some of them I require for my project I get this message:
$ sudo pip install dj-database-url==0.2.0
Downloading/unpacking dj-database-url==0.2.0
Downloading dj-database-url-0.2.0.tar.gz
Cleaning up...
setuptools must be installed to install from a source distribution
It also happens when trying to install distribute==0.6.24
Any ideas?
Download ez_setup.py module from https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools
Open a Terminal.
cd to the directory where you put the ez_setup.py.
Type python ez_setup.py and run it.
You should have it then.
After a pip install command I was getting the same error as you ("setuptools must be installed to install from a source distribution"). Since I couldn't find a solution, it was a lot faster to reinstall the virtual environment where python was running from.
If you're using virtualenvwrapper this is very easy. First you remove your problematic virtual environment (let's say it is called "venv") with:
rmvirtualenv venv
Then you setup a new one with the same name:
mkvirtualenv venv
And finally you install all your packages, including the one you had problems with:
pip install dj-database-url
I'm having troubles with installing packages in Python 3.
I have always installed packages with setup.py install. But now, when I try to install the ansicolors package I get:
importerror "No Module named Setuptools"
I have no idea what to do because I didn't have setuptools installed in the past. Still, I was able to install many packages with setup.py install without setuptools. Why should I get setuptools now?
I can't even install setuptools because I have Python 3.3 and setuptools doesn't support Python 3.
Why doesn't my install command work anymore?
Your setup.py file needs setuptools. Some Python packages used to use distutils for distribution, but most now use setuptools, a more complete package. Here is a question about the differences between them.
To install setuptools on Debian:
sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools
For an older version of Python (Python 2.x):
sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
EDIT: Official setuptools dox page:
If you have Python 2 >=2.7.9 or Python 3 >=3.4 installed from
python.org, you will already have pip and setuptools, but will need to
upgrade to the latest version:
On Linux or OS X:
pip install -U pip setuptools
On Windows:
python -m pip install -U pip setuptools
Therefore the rest of this post related to Distribute is obsolete (e.g. some links don't work).
EDIT 2022-02-04
From Python 3.10 Distutils is deprecated and will be removed in Python 3.12 - use setuptools:
The entire distutils package is deprecated, to be removed in Python 3.12. Its functionality
for specifying package builds has already been completely replaced by
third-party packages setuptools and packaging ...
Distribute (deprecated)
Distribute - is a setuptools fork which "offers Python 3 support". Installation instructions for distribute(setuptools) + pip:
curl -O http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py
python distribute_setup.py
easy_install pip
Similar issue here.
UPDATE: Distribute seems to be obsolete, i.e. merged into Setuptools: Distribute is a deprecated fork of the Setuptools project. Since the Setuptools 0.7 release, Setuptools and Distribute have merged and Distribute is no longer being maintained. All ongoing effort should reference the Setuptools project and the Setuptools documentation.
You may try with instructions found on setuptools pypi page (I haven't tested this, sorry :( ):
wget https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py -O - | python
easy_install pip
Make sure you are running the latest version of pip
I tried to install Ansible and it failed with
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'setuptools_rust'
python3-setuptools was already in place, so upgrading pip solved it.
pip3 install -U pip
I was doing this inside a virtualenv on Oracle Linux 6.4 using Python 2.6, so the apt-based solutions weren't an option for me, nor were the Python 2.7 ideas. My fix was to upgrade my version of setuptools that had been installed by virtualenv:
pip install --upgrade setuptools
After that, I was able to install packages into the virtualenv.
The solution which worked for me was to upgrade my setuptools:
python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
For others with the same issue due to a different reason: This can also happen when there's a pyproject.toml in the same directory as the setup.py, even when setuptools is available.
Removing pyproject.toml fixed the issue for me.
pip uninstall setuptools
and then:
pip install setuptools
This works for me and fixes my issue.
When there's a pyproject.toml in the same directory as the setup.py, it can be the cause of the issue. I renamed that file, but it didn't solve the issue, so I restablished the original file name, and did the following change.
Under the [build-system] section, I added "setuptools" to the requires= list, and it worked.
First step #1
You have to install setuptools
On Linux:
pip install -U pip setuptools
On Mac OS:
pip install -U pip setuptools
On Windows:
python -m pip install -U pip setuptools
Second step #2
Make sure you have made it accessible (make it available in environmental variables)
On Linux
export PATH="INSTALLATIONDIRECTORY:$PATH"
On Mac OS
Sorry, I don't know.
On Windows
Open the Start Search, type in “env”, and choose “Edit the system environment variables”
Click the “Environment Variable” button.
Set the environment variables as needed. The New button adds an additional variable.
Dismiss all of the dialogs by choosing “OK”. Your changes are saved!
The distribute package provides a Python 3-compatible version of setuptools: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/distribute
Also, use pip to install the modules. It automatically finds dependencies and installs them for you.
It works just fine for me with your package:
[~] pip --version
pip 1.2.1 from /usr/lib/python3.3/site-packages (python 3.3)
[~] sudo pip install ansicolors
Downloading/unpacking ansicolors
Downloading ansicolors-1.0.2.tar.gz
Running setup.py egg_info for package ansicolors
Installing collected packages: ansicolors
Running setup.py install for ansicolors
Successfully installed ansicolors
Cleaning up...
[~]
this is how my problem was solved => pip3 install setuptools-rust
If you want to check your list => pip3 list
i faced this problem while trying to install elastalert2
System informations
CentOS Linux release 7.9.2009 (Core)
Python 3.6.8
pip 21.3.1 from /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip (python 3.6)
I ran into this problem when my pip requirements.txt file contained an editable library that was built using poetry and contained a pyproject.toml file. Following the documentation for setuptools, my solution was to add setuptools to the build-system requirements in the pyproject.toml file as follows:
[build-system]
requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0", "setuptools"]
build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
If pip isn't installed, like for example if it's coming from the Deadsnakes PPA, or a Docker environment, the best way to fix this error is by bootstrapping it by running
python -m ensurepip
Windows 7:
I have given a complete solution here for Python Selenium WebDriver:
Setup easy install (Windows - simplified)
download ez.setup.py (https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py) from 'https://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools'
move ez.setup.py to C:\Python27\
open cmd prompt
cd C:\Python27\
C:\Python27\python.exe ez.setup.py install
I ran sudo python setup.py build_ext -i and it failed with No module named setuptools.
I solved it with this command:
<i>sudo apt-get install python-setuptools</i>
A few years ago I inherited a Python (2.7.1) project running under Django-1.2.3 and now was asked to enhance it with QR possibilities. I got the same problem and did not find pip or apt-get either. So I solved it in a totally different, but easy way.
I /bin/vi-ed the setup.py and changed the line
"from setuptools import setup"
into:
"from distutils.core import setup"
The PyPA recommended tool for installing and managing Python packages is pip. pip is included with Python 3.4 (PEP 453), but for older versions here's how to install it (on Windows):
Download https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
>c:\Python33\python.exe get-pip.py
Downloading/unpacking pip
Downloading/unpacking setuptools
Installing collected packages: pip, setuptools
Successfully installed pip setuptools
Cleaning up...
>c:\Python33\Scripts\pip.exe install pymysql
Downloading/unpacking pymysql
Installing collected packages: pymysql
Successfully installed pymysql
Cleaning up...
On macOS, if you have homebrew installed, simply run:
brew install rust
If you still find this issue, try this:
python3 -m pip install scrapy --upgrade --force --user
While trying to install socketIO I had the same issue. At my system (Windows 11) setupTools were there twice. At C:\Program Files\Python310\Lib\site-packages\ and at C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python310\site-packages\
Had to uninstall one of them.
Working on Debian, sometime it can be because of older pip version. Therefore, update pip>
python -m pip install -U pip
I had such a problem to install pyunicorn. I wanted to install it on Google Colab. I tried installing pyunicorn directly from Github and it worked for me. For example in my case it was like this:
pip install git+https://github.com/pik-copan/pyunicorn.git#egg=pyunicorn