[Distutils] setuptools not able to install package as regular user under linux because of internal crash

[David Lyon]

Hi, 

I'm testing pythonpkgmgr under linux now. I'm really keen to allow users
to have a way to install packages in /usr/local/lib without having super
user
access (it's a hassle typing in a password every time). 

I feel that if they want to install into /usr/lib/pythonX.X/site-packages
then it's fair enough that they have a su password.

Anyway..

If I just use "easy_install html5lib" and not "sudo easy_install html5lib"
and 
then I get the following error:

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Running installer ... /usr/bin/easy_install "/media/Elements/Pythn
Packages/html5lib-0.10.zip"
ERRORS: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/easy_install", line 5, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
ImportError: No module named pkg_resources
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 78,
in apport_excepthook
    report_file = open(pr_filename, 'wt')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:
'/var/crash/_usr_bin_easy_install.1000.crash'

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/easy_install", line 5, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
ImportError: No module named pkg_resources

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If I run with sudo...

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Running installer ... sudo /usr/bin/easy_install "/media/Elements/Pythn
Packages/html5lib-0.10.zip"
Processing html5lib-0.10.zip
Running html5lib-0.10/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir
/tmp/easy_install-sV7fV2/html5lib-0.10/egg-dist-tmp-AT346T
zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...
Adding html5lib 0.10 to easy-install.pth file

Installed /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/html5lib-0.10-py2.5.egg
Processing dependencies for html5lib==0.10
Finished processing dependencies for html5lib==0.10

------------------------------------------------------------------

Here's the log for installing setuptools..

dlyon at MiniQ-ubunto-8:/media/Elements/Pythn Packages/setuptools-0.6c9$ sudo
python setup.py install
[sudo] password for dlyon: 
running install
running bdist_egg
running egg_info
writing setuptools.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing top-level names to setuptools.egg-info/top_level.txt
writing dependency_links to setuptools.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing entry points to setuptools.egg-info/entry_points.txt
reading manifest file 'setuptools.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
writing manifest file 'setuptools.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
installing library code to build/bdist.linux-i686/egg
running install_lib
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib
copying pkg_resources.py -> build/lib
copying easy_install.py -> build/lib
copying site.py -> build/lib
creating build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/extension.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/sandbox.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/depends.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/__init__.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/archive_util.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/dist.py -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/package_index.py -> build/lib/setuptools
creating build/lib/setuptools/tests
copying setuptools/tests/test_resources.py -> build/lib/setuptools/tests
copying setuptools/tests/__init__.py -> build/lib/setuptools/tests
copying setuptools/tests/test_packageindex.py -> build/lib/setuptools/tests
copying setuptools/tests/doctest.py -> build/lib/setuptools/tests
creating build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/build_ext.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/upload.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/bdist_wininst.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/egg_info.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/__init__.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/setopt.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/install_egg_info.py ->
build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/bdist_egg.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/install.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/bdist_rpm.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/install_lib.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/saveopts.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/develop.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/easy_install.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/build_py.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/install_scripts.py ->
build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/sdist.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/rotate.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/alias.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/register.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/command/test.py -> build/lib/setuptools/command
copying setuptools/cli.exe -> build/lib/setuptools
copying setuptools/gui.exe -> build/lib/setuptools
creating build/bdist.linux-i686
creating build/bdist.linux-i686/egg
copying build/lib/pkg_resources.py -> build/bdist.linux-i686/egg
copying build/lib/easy_install.py -> build/bdist.linux-i686/egg
copying build/lib/site.py -> build/bdist.linux-i686/egg
creating build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/extension.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/sandbox.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/depends.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/__init__.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/archive_util.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/dist.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/package_index.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools
creating build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/tests
copying build/lib/setuptools/tests/test_resources.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/tests
copying build/lib/setuptools/tests/__init__.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/tests
copying build/lib/setuptools/tests/test_packageindex.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/tests
copying build/lib/setuptools/tests/doctest.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/tests
creating build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/build_ext.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/upload.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/bdist_wininst.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/egg_info.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/__init__.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/setopt.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/install_egg_info.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/bdist_egg.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/install.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/bdist_rpm.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/install_lib.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/saveopts.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/develop.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/easy_install.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/build_py.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/sdist.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/rotate.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/alias.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/register.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/command/test.py ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command
copying build/lib/setuptools/cli.exe ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools
copying build/lib/setuptools/gui.exe ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/pkg_resources.py to
pkg_resources.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/easy_install.py to
easy_install.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/site.py to site.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/extension.py to
extension.pyc
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sandbox.pyc
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depends.pyc
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__init__.pyc
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archive_util.pyc
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package_index.pyc
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build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/tests/test_resources.py to
test_resources.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/tests/__init__.py to
__init__.pyc
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test_packageindex.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/tests/doctest.py to
doctest.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/build_ext.py
to build_ext.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/upload.py to
upload.pyc
byte-compiling
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/bdist_wininst.py to
bdist_wininst.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/egg_info.py to
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__init__.pyc
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setopt.pyc
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install_egg_info.pyc
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to bdist_egg.pyc
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install.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/bdist_rpm.py
to bdist_rpm.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/install_lib.py
to install_lib.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/saveopts.py to
saveopts.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/develop.py to
develop.pyc
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build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py to
easy_install.pyc
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build_py.pyc
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build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py to
install_scripts.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/sdist.py to
sdist.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/rotate.py to
rotate.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/alias.py to
alias.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/register.py to
register.pyc
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/setuptools/command/test.py to
test.pyc
creating build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/EGG-INFO
copying setuptools.egg-info/PKG-INFO -> build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/EGG-INFO
copying setuptools.egg-info/SOURCES.txt ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/EGG-INFO
copying setuptools.egg-info/dependency_links.txt ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/EGG-INFO
copying setuptools.egg-info/entry_points.txt ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/EGG-INFO
copying setuptools.egg-info/top_level.txt ->
build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/EGG-INFO
copying setuptools.egg-info/zip-safe -> build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/EGG-INFO
creating dist
creating 'dist/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.5.egg' and adding
'build/bdist.linux-i686/egg' to it
removing 'build/bdist.linux-i686/egg' (and everything under it)
Processing setuptools-0.6c9-py2.5.egg
Copying setuptools-0.6c9-py2.5.egg to /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages
Adding setuptools 0.6c9 to easy-install.pth file
Installing easy_install script to /usr/bin
Installing easy_install-2.5 script to /usr/bin

Installed /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.5.egg
Processing dependencies for setuptools==0.6c9
Finished processing dependencies for setuptools==0.6c9