python-escpos windows giving "bugtrack_url" error

Question

Trying to install python-escpos library. The instructions say the following:

Ensure the library is installed on ${lib_arch}/${python_ver}/site-packages/escpos

On CLi you must run:

python setup.py build
sudo python setup.py install

What does ${lib_arch}/${python_ver}/ mean? Is it the path such as \Users\RickT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\Lib\site-packages\escpos?

When I run python setup.py build, I get the following error:

C:\Users\RickT\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\distutils\dist.py:261: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'bugtrack_url' warnings.warn(msg)Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 140, in <module> 'python-escpos = escpos.cli:main'

The bugtrack_url-issue is just a warning, because setuptools doesn't know that token. Which documentation are you referring to? Could you please give an URL? — Patrick Kanzler, Jun 09 '17 at 22:37
Moreover, do you really need to build the package? Installing with pip should also work on Windows. — Patrick Kanzler, Jun 09 '17 at 23:16
Hi @Ricky T has my answer helped you? If yes, would you please consider marking it as a solution? — Patrick Kanzler, Jul 09 '17 at 21:59

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 10 '17 at 23:18

As I wrote in the comments you should write which version of the documentation you are using and which version of the codebase you are using.

The "error" considering the bugtrack_url is just a warning because setuptools does not know this token. This should not affect your setup in any way. You probably installed it successfully.

Concerning your question about the path: ${lib_arch}/${python_ver}/site-packages/escpos is more or less non-sense in a Windows-context. This just means your location of the site-packages-directory. So, your assumption is right.

All in all the probably easiest solution for you would be installing with pip. This would simply be - considering you have a working pip - a one-liner:

pip install python-escpos

python-escpos windows giving "bugtrack_url" error

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