PIP install "error: package directory 'X' does not exist"

Question

I am trying to install this package via PIP. It gives me the following error:

error: package directory 'RTbatch' does not exist

I find this weird, because the relevant setup.py does not mention any packages variable, but only py_modules.

What's wrong? Can you help me out?

Here is the full output of pip install -e RTbatch:

Obtaining file:///home/chymera/RTbatch
  Running setup.py (path:/home/chymera/RTbatch/setup.py) egg_info for package from file:///home/chymera/RTbatch
    /usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/dist.py:267: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'heywords'
      warnings.warn(msg)

    error: package directory 'RTbatch' does not exist
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    /usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/dist.py:267: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'heywords'

  warnings.warn(msg)

running egg_info

creating RTbatch.egg-info

writing requirements to RTbatch.egg-info/requires.txt

writing RTbatch.egg-info/PKG-INFO

writing top-level names to RTbatch.egg-info/top_level.txt

writing dependency_links to RTbatch.egg-info/dependency_links.txt

writing manifest file 'RTbatch.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'

warning: manifest_maker: standard file '-c' not found



error: package directory 'RTbatch' does not exist

----------------------------------------
Cleaning up...
Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in /home/chymera/RTbatch
Storing debug log for failure in /home/chymera/.pip/pip.log

this is, in fact, the only error I get. but I pasted the entire console output for your convenience above. — TheChymera, Aug 16 '14 at 06:33
@enrico.bacis `chymera@laptophost ~ $ pip install -e RTbatch` - I have added this to the description as well. — TheChymera, Aug 16 '14 at 08:27
That is all. Why is everybody asking? Is something very obviously not there? I was thinking the error already quite specifically states where it fails - but im wondering why it's looking there in the first place :-/ — TheChymera, Aug 16 '14 at 10:11

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 19 '14 at 12:58

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py_modules takes a list of module names, not files. Your call looks for RTBatch/py.py and RTBatch_cli/py.py.

answered Aug 19 '14 at 12:58

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How can i just give it a list of files? I find it a superfluous practice to add one more directory level after the root for small packages :-/ – TheChymera Aug 19 '14 at 13:02
Just skip the extension. – Cat Plus Plus Aug 19 '14 at 13:46
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The extension of the module. The extraneous `.py` part that is not needed whatsoever and which is the thing that causes the error. That extension. – Cat Plus Plus Aug 19 '14 at 14:48
@CatPlusPlus: So it should be `setup` instead of `setup.py`? (Somebody seems to face the same problem with my package [`hwrt`](https://github.com/MartinThoma/hwrt)) – Martin Thoma Dec 17 '14 at 18:39

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 18 '17 at 11:54

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In my case, it was about that the folder which I use for installation was corrupted. It was not installed completely. I downloaded it on my laptop and then moved it to the server. But it was broken. so I download it again and everything goes well.

answered Apr 18 '17 at 11:54

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 01 '19 at 08:38

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In my case, I was on Windows and the current directory was in a different drive, python <full path including drive>/setup.py install fails, had to change to the drive and folder and use python setup.py instead.

answered Apr 01 '19 at 08:38

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 27 '21 at 05:48

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It seems you have added project folder (RTbatch) as a package in setup.py. Just make sure to have packages list in setup.py contains only python packages (ex: folders with init.py).

Hope this fix the issue.

answered Jul 27 '21 at 05:48

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PIP install "error: package directory 'X' does not exist"

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