One of the first things I needed after upgrading to Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) was to make some Python scripts work. However easy_install seemed to be broken:
$ easy_install psycopg2
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/easy_install", line 5, in <module>
from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py", line 2607, in <module>
parse_requirements(requires), Environment()
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py", line 565, in resolve
raise DistributionNotFound(req) # XXX put more info here
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: setuptools==0.6c12dev-r88795
I fixed this by installing Distribute and then the new Mac OS X Developer Tools.
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The system easy_install is not in /usr/local, it’s /usr/bin. There are zero OSX components in /usr/local unless installed by a user. You (or other code you installed) installed that one. Presumably you removed (or updated) the setuptools associated with that script (or updated Python versions), and the setuptools install (by default /Library/Python/X.Y/site-packages) is either missing or a different version.
That’s a very good point, thanks for posting.
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I installed Distribute and have the new Mac OS X Developer Tools but don’t know how to proceed from there. I am trying to install the GoogleCL so I can interact with my Google Calendar from the command line but I get the same error as you have above. Any thoughts?
I ran into a similar issue myself. It looks like calling the easy_install script in /usr/bin fails, but calling the script under /Library/Python/…. works fine.
sh[~]%sudo /usr/bin/easy_install Traceback (most recent call last): File “/usr/bin/easy_install-2.7″, line 7, in from pkg_resources import load_entry_point File “/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources.py”, line 2607, in parse_requirements(requires), Environment() File “/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources.py”, line 565, in resolve raise DistributionNotFound(req) # XXX put more info here pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: setuptools==0.6c12dev-r85381
sh[~]%sudo python /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/easy_install.py error: No urls, filenames, or requirements specified (see –help)
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Removing the easy_install distribution from /usr/local/bin worked for me after I installed the Command Line Tools from the Apple Developer site.