Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow

Questions tagged [easy-install]

EasyInstall is a package manager that provides a standard format to distribute Python programs and libraries. Part of the `setuptools` module.

728 questions
37
votes
3 answers

setup.py: restrict the allowable version of the python interpreter

I have a Python library. Unfortunately I have not updated it to work with Python 3 yet. In its setup.py, I added install_requires=['python<3'], My intent was to not allow this package to be installed/used under Python 3, because I know it doesn't…
gfxmonk
  • 8,614
  • 5
  • 42
  • 53
34
votes
12 answers

How to install virtualenv without using sudo?

I have easy_install and pip. I had many errors on my Linux Mint 12, I just re-installed it and I want to install everything from scratch again. This is one of the errors that I had. I received an interesting answer there: Stop using su and sudo to…
Lynob
  • 5,059
  • 15
  • 64
  • 114
33
votes
1 answer

What keyword arguments does setuptools.setup() accept?

What is the full list of keyword arguments that the setuptools.setup() function accepts? (Please include a description of what each argument means, if possible.) I have looked all over the web and I can't believe this isn't documented. I found…
cowlinator
  • 7,195
  • 6
  • 41
  • 61
33
votes
8 answers

How to prepend a path to sys.path in Python?

Problem description: Using pip, I upgraded to the latest version of requests (version 2.7.0, with pip show requests giving the location /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages). When I import requests and print requests.__version__ in the interactive…
max
  • 339
  • 1
  • 3
  • 3
32
votes
2 answers

pip broken after upgrading

I did pip install -U easyinstall, and then pip install -U pip to upgrade my pip. However, I get this error now when trying to use pip: root@d8fb98fc3a66:/# which pip /usr/local/bin/pip root@d8fb98fc3a66:/# pip bash: /usr/bin/pip: No such file or…
dl8
  • 1,270
  • 1
  • 14
  • 34
32
votes
3 answers

pyzmq missing when running ipython notebook

I can run iPython, but when I try to initiate a notebook I get the following error: ~ ipython notebook Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/bin/ipython", line 8, in load_entry_point('ipython==2.1.0',…
utdiscant
  • 11,128
  • 8
  • 31
  • 40
30
votes
7 answers

How to install easy_install in Python 2.7.1 on Windows 7

I have installed Python 2.7.1 on Windows 7, but I am unable to install easy_install. Please help me.
prabhat
  • 301
  • 1
  • 3
  • 3
29
votes
4 answers

how to run easy_install using a particular python version

I have 3 python versions, I want to easy_install Orange using the second version. How can I do this? Unnecessary info: 2.1 in /usr/bin/python 2.6 in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/python 3.1 in…
Lavanya
  • 2,848
  • 3
  • 18
  • 13
28
votes
2 answers

How do I uninstall a Python module (“egg”) that I installed with easy_install?

I’ve installed a couple of Python modules using easy_install. How do I uninstall them? I couldn’t see an uninstall option listed in easy_install --help.
Paul D. Waite
  • 96,640
  • 56
  • 199
  • 270
28
votes
6 answers

Installing pip using easy_install

I don't have root access and i want to install python from scratch. So I downloaded the python source code and compiled it. Next I wanted to install pip. But when I ran python get-pip.py I got this error: ImportError: cannot import name…
Jack Twain
  • 6,273
  • 15
  • 67
  • 107
28
votes
14 answers

pip/easy_install failure: failed to create process

After following this article: How do I install pip on Windows? on my Windows system using Enthought Canopy 64 Bit system, I cannot get pip or easy_install to work due to error: pip install requests failed to create process I tried re-installing…
Matt
  • 2,289
  • 6
  • 29
  • 45
28
votes
2 answers

easy_install : ImportError: Entry point ('console_scripts', 'easy_install') not found

I used easy_install to install pip, pip to install django, virtualenv, and virtualenvwrapper. I have just returned to it a few weeks later and django does not seem to work anymore, but more concerning is I can't start the process over again as…
xragon
  • 381
  • 1
  • 3
  • 4
26
votes
4 answers

Installing psycopg2 (postgresql) in virtualenv on windows

I installed psycopg2 in virtualenv using easy_install psycopg2. I did not see any errors and looks like installation went fine.. there is an egg file created in the site-packages dir for psycopg2.. but when I run import psycopg2 in the interpreter,…
StackUnderflow
  • 24,080
  • 14
  • 54
  • 77
26
votes
2 answers

How can I make setuptools install a package from another source that's also available on pypi with the same version number?

It's a similar question to How can I make setuptools install a package that's not on PyPI? but not the same. As I would like to use the forked version of some package, setuptools ignore the dependency link (as it has the same version number). Is…
roberkules
  • 6,557
  • 2
  • 44
  • 52
25
votes
5 answers

easy_install lxml on Python 2.7 on Windows

I'm using python 2.7 on Windows. How come the following error occurs when I try to install [lxml][1] using [setuptools][2]'s easy_install? C:\>easy_install lxml Searching for lxml Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/lxml/ Reading…
Jonathan Livni
  • 101,334
  • 104
  • 266
  • 359
1 2
3
…
48 49