I find that recently often when I try to install a Python package using pip, I get the error(s) below.
I found a reference online that one has to use "python2 setup.py install" from the download directory, and indeed find that this will then work if I manually find and download the package (from pypi).
But, I don"t know where pip is downloading packages to, and/or why it is failing in this manner.
I tried to do a pip upgrade, but it also failed in a similar manner, with a bunch of "Unknown distribution option" errors (entry_points, zip_safe, test_suite, tests_require)!
- pip 1.0.1
- ActivePython 2.7
Trying to use ActiveState"s pypm fails, because they have a smaller library base, and it doesn"t include these packages.
C: est>pip install requests-oauth
Downloading/unpacking requests-oauth
Downloading requests-oauth-0.4.1.tar.gz
Running setup.py egg_info for package requests-oauth
E:PlangActivePythonlibdistutilsdist.py:267: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: "zip_safe"
warnings.warn(msg)
E:PlangActivePythonlibdistutilsdist.py:267: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: "install_requires"
warnings.warn(msg)
usage: -c [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...]
or: -c --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...]
or: -c --help-commands
or: -c cmd --help
error: invalid command "egg_info"
Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
E:PlangActivePythonlibdistutilsdist.py:267: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: "zip_safe"
warnings.warn(msg)
E:PlangActivePythonlibdistutilsdist.py:267: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: "install_requires"
warnings.warn(msg)
usage: -c [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...]
or: -c --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...]
or: -c --help-commands
or: -c cmd --help
error: invalid command "egg_info"
