./run_test.sh fails while trying to install setuptools

[Robert Mizielski]

When running ./run_tests.sh, the script stop while trying to install setuptools :

sudo apt-get install git
git clone https://github.com/openstack/horizon.git
cd horizon
./run_tests.sh
[...]
Wheel installs require setuptools >= 0.8 for dist-info support.
pip's wheel support requires setuptools >= 0.8 for dist-info support.
Storing debug log for failure in /home/dev/.pip/pip.log
Command "tools/with_venv.sh pip install --upgrade pip>=1.4" failed.
None

Tested on a fresh Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server / Desktop 64-bit installation.

[Doug Fish (drfish)]

I was just observing the same behavior. I'm using this workaround for now:
upgrade pip to 1.5
 sudo pip install -U pip

apply the workaround for "pip's wheel support requires setuptools >= 0.8 for dist-info support" to the environment by using
 ./tools/with_venv.sh pip install --no-use-wheel -U --force setuptools

[Thai Tran (tqtran)]

I also had the same issue. Doug's workaround didn't work for me. I did the following instead:

1. navigation to a <project> (/opt/stack/horizon in this case)
2. open the file in <project>/tools/install_venv_common.py
3. go to line 118 and change the code to "self.pip_install("pip==1.3")
4. save and exit
5. type "./run_tests.sh -f"

[Richard Jones (r1chardj0n3s)]

Is this still an issue?

I can't reproduce this in a fresh 12.04 install that I just created using a basic docker image consisting of:

----
From ubuntu:12.04
RUN apt-get install -y git python-dev python-virtualenv --force-yes
RUN apt-get install -y libffi-dev
----

I then ran the commands in the OP agains that image and they worked fine.

[Rob Cresswell (robcresswell-deactivatedaccount)]

Marking invalid. Last attempt to reproduce failed, and no response in over 6 months.