[reportlab-users] PIP Windows Install

[Robin Becker]

googling indicates this might be a setuptools issue people recommend
pip install -U setuptools

On 6 June 2016 at 21:19, Andy Robinson <andy at reportlab.com> wrote:
> I'm mystified - install_requires is a standard setuptools feature, but
> you seem to be loading plainer distutils code.
>
> We'll see if we can reproduce this tomorrow and set up a Windows
> environment with 3.5.  We're in London, I think 6 hours ahead of you -
> what time do you get into work, in case some overlap is useful?  Feel
> free to email me privately.  If there's a bug we definitely want to
> fix it.
>
> - Andy
>
>
>
>
> On 6 June 2016 at 20:53, Raymond Piller <ray at vertigion.com> wrote:
>> Sorry for not being clear. I was saying that pip was already running the
>> latest version before I ran your install and sent you a message.
>>
>> I reran the installer today (after a reboot), and it's still not working.
>> Exact same error (invalid command 'egg_info').
>>
>> --
>> ~Ray
>> ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ' ` ` ` ` ` ' ` ` ` ` ` ` `
>> Raymond A. S. Piller
>> http://Vertigion.com
>> 682-651-5653
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 2:44 PM, Andy Robinson <andy at reportlab.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Sorry, but are you saying this fixed the problem, or that rlextra
>>> still cannot be installed?
>>>
>>> - Andy
>>>
>>> On 6 June 2016 at 20:18, Raymond Piller <ray at vertigion.com> wrote:
>>> > Thanks for the reply, Andy!
>>> >
>>> > It's updated. I run that command every time I run a pip command and pip
>>> > complains about it being out of date and tells me to run that command.
>>> > :)
>>> >
>>> >   .\env\Scripts\python.exe -m pip --version
>>> >   pip 8.1.2 from .\env\lib\site-packages (python 3.5)
>>> >
>>> > In case it's not obvious from the way I'm calling python, this is
>>> > running in
>>> > a virtualenv.
>>> > --
>>> > ~Ray
>>> > ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ' ` ` ` ` ` ' ` ` ` ` ` ` `
>>> > Raymond A. S. Piller
>>> > http://Vertigion.com
>>> > 682-651-5653
>>> >
>>> > On 6 June 2016 at 03:43, Andy Robinson <andy at reportlab.com> wrote:
>>> >> Hi Raymind,
>>> >>
>>> >> What's your pip version?  I wonder if it's very old?
>>> >>
>>> >> Try "pip install --upgrade pip" before you run our own instalation
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Andy Robinson
>>> >>
>>> >> On 6 June 2016 at 04:01, Raymond Piller <ray at vertigion.com> wrote:
>>> >>> The install of rlextra via pip is failing for me, and not really sure
>>> >>> how
>>> >>> to
>>> >>> troubleshoot it.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> .\env\Scripts\python.exe -m pip install rlextra -i
>>> >>>> https://www.reportlab.com/pypi
>>> >>>> Collecting rlextra
>>> >>>> User for www.reportlab.com: me
>>> >>>> Password:
>>> >>>>   Downloading
>>> >>>> https://www.reportlab.com/pypi/packages/rlextra-3.3.10.tar.gz (8.8MB)
>>> >>>>     100% |################################| 8.8MB 2.0MB/s
>>> >>>>     Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
>>> >>>>     C:\Program Files\Python35\Lib\distutils\dist.py:261: UserWarning:
>>> >>>> Unknown distribution option: 'entry_points'
>>> >>>>       warnings.warn(msg)
>>> >>>>     C:\Program Files\Python35\Lib\distutils\dist.py:261: 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'
>>> >>>>     ----------------------------------------
>>> >>>> Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in
>>> >>>> C:\Users\ME\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-bxe6xaxl\rlextra\
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I'm trying to work through the demo for rml with django. Any help
>>> >>> would
>>> >>> be
>>> >>> appreciated. :)
>>> >>>
>>> >>> --
>>> >>> ~Ray
>>> >>> ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ' ` ` ` ` ` ' ` ` ` ` ` ` `
>>> >>> Raymond A. S. Piller
>>> >>> http://Vertigion.com
>>> >>> 682-651-5653
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Robin Becker