$ pip install <package> fails on missing setuptools

[Alain Kalker]

TEST CASE:
1. use fresh lucid
2. install python-pip
3. run "pip install windmill"
4. watch it fail
5. install python-pip from lucid-proposed
6. repeat (3) and very that it runs now

Binary package hint: python-pip

$ pip install windmill
Downloading/unpacking windmill
  Downloading windmill-1.3.tar.gz (3.3Mb): 3.3Mb downloaded
  Running setup.py egg_info for package windmill
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 3, in <module>
    ImportError: No module named setuptools.command
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<string>", line 3, in <module>

ImportError: No module named setuptools.command

This has been fixed in Debian, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546432
Also, the python-pip package in Ubuntu is very old, see LP: #521170

Kind regards,

Alain

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Apr 6 05:40:23 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: python-pip 0.3.1-1ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic-pae
SourcePackage: python-pip
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic-pae i686

[alien8 (fb-alien8)]

Hi,

I cannot confirm that bug under lucid.
mkvirtualenv pip_test
rm ~/.virtualenvs/pip_test/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools* #That's a virtualenv bug of coming w/ an old setuptools version
/usr/bin/pip -E ~/.virtualenvs/pip_test install windmill

Downloading/unpacking windmill
  Running setup.py egg_info for package windmill
Installing collected packages: windmill
  Running setup.py install for windmill
    Installing windmill script to /home/a8/.virtualenvs/pip_test/bin
Successfully installed windmill

[Jake Cobb (error404)]

I can confirm this bug in lucid.

Relevant snippets:

$ apt-cache show python-pip | grep -E '^(Package|Version|Depends|Conflicts)'
Package: python-pip
Version: 0.3.1-1ubuntu2
Depends: python, python-central (>= 0.6.11), python-pkg-resources | python-setuptools (<< 0.6c8-1)

$ dpkg --get-selections | grep -E '^python-(pip|pkg-resources|setuptools)'
python-pip install
python-pkg-resources install

$ apt-cache show python-pkg-resources | grep -E '^(Package|Version|Depends|Conflicts)'
Package: python-pkg-resources
Version: 0.6.10-4ubuntu1
Depends: python (>= 2.6), python (<< 2.7), python-central (>= 0.6.11)
Conflicts: python-setuptools (<< 0.6c8-3), python2.3-setuptools (<< 0.6b2), python2.4-setuptools (<< 0.6b2)

$ sudo pip install pymazon
Downloading/unpacking pymazon
  Running setup.py egg_info for package pymazon
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 3, in <module>
    ImportError: No module named setuptools.command
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<string>", line 3, in <module>

ImportError: No module named setuptools.command

----------------------------------------
Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1
Storing complete log in ./pip-log.txt

[Tommaso (mynos-main)]

I confirm as well, the package python-setuptools must be installed as well. Probably a dependency is missing.

[Roderik (piep0003)]

Second that confirmation:

$ sudo pip install django
Downloading/unpacking django
  Running setup.py egg_info for package django
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 3, in <module>
    ImportError: No module named setuptools.command
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<string>", line 3, in <module>

ImportError: No module named setuptools.command

----------------------------------------
Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1
Storing complete log in ./pip-log.txt

(Using pip to install Django because I need 1.2)

Thanks for the fix suggestion though, Tommaso, it works :)

[Christopher Lin (clizzin)]

I get the same error as Karel using Linux Mint 9 (based on Lucid). Like Tommaso, I solved the issue by installing the python-setuptools package, so the best solution is probably to add a dependency on that package.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Please fix this in natty first before SRUing. Thanks!

[Michael Vogt (mvo)]

Its fixed in natty with the 0.8.1 version we got from debian.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Accepted python-pip into lucid-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

I've followed the test case and can confirm that the proposed package indeed fix the bug, marking this as verification-done, thanks all.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package python-pip - 0.3.1-1ubuntu2.1

---------------
python-pip (0.3.1-1ubuntu2.1) lucid-proposed; urgency=low

  * debian/control: Added python-setuptools as a dependancy.
    (LP: #556189)
 -- Vivien Nicolas <email address hidden> Wed, 26 Jan 2011 01:42:10 +0100