pip3 fails to install "distribute" and "pyzmail" where pip succeeds
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
python-pip (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
This is in bionic
"pip install pyzmail" and "pip install distribute" work whereas the same is not true for pip3.
There is some discussion about this at https:/
$ pip3 install distribute
Collecting distribute
Using cached https:/
Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/tmp/pip-
from setuptools.
File "/tmp/pip-
from setuptools.dist import _get_unpatched
File "/tmp/pip-
from setuptools.
File "/tmp/pip-
from setuptools.command import install_scripts
File "/tmp/pip-
from pkg_resources import Distribution, PathMetadata, ensure_directory
File "/tmp/pip-
AttributeError: module 'importlib.
---
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-
$ pip3 install pyzmail
Collecting pyzmail
Using cached https:/
Collecting distribute (from pyzmail)
Using cached https:/
Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/tmp/pip-
from setuptools.
File "/tmp/pip-
from setuptools.dist import _get_unpatched
File "/tmp/pip-
from setuptools.
File "/tmp/pip-
from setuptools.command import install_scripts
File "/tmp/pip-
from pkg_resources import Distribution, PathMetadata, ensure_directory
File "/tmp/pip-
AttributeError: module 'importlib.
---
Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.